Sailen Sarkar
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Sailen Sarkar | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Urban Development | |
| In office 1982–1987 | |
| Minister of Food Processing | |
| In office 2001–2006 | |
| Minister for Environment and Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 2006–2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 July 1940 |
| Died | 31 December 2013 (aged 73) |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse | Swati Sarkar |
| Children | No children |
Sailen Sarkar (18 July 1940 —31 December 2013) was a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician, a minister in the state government, five-time legislator and a CPI(M) secretariat member.
Born at Barisal, now in Bangladesh, on 18 July 1940, he was a teacher in early life. In 1956, he joined the movement against the merger of Bengal and Bihar. He acquired the membership of the undivided Communist Party of India in 1960.[1][2]
Electoral achievements
Sailen Sarkar was elected, on CPI(M) tickets, to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from English Bazar in 1977,[3] 1982[4] and 1987.[5]
During this period he served as minister of state for municipal affairs and urban development in the Left Front ministry in West Bengal from 1982 to 1987.[1]
He was elected from Ratua in 2001[6] and 2006.[7]
He was cabinet minister of food processing from 2001 to 2006, and cabinet minister for environment and parliamentary affairs from 2006 to 2011.[1]
The Statesman wrote, "Sarkar contested in Parliamentary elections four times but did not succeed. In 1991, he lost by a hairline margin of 1,820 votes against redoubtable Congress leader, Mr Ghani Khan Choudhury."[2]
He was the district CPI(M) secretary in the nineties and was the CPI(M) secretariat member till his last day.[8]
