Saumitra Khan | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Susmita Bauri |
| Constituency | Bishnupur |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2011–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Kalpana Koley |
| Succeeded by | Shyamal Santra |
| Constituency | Katulpur |
| West Bengal State President, All India Trinamool Youth Congress | |
| Preceded by | Suvendu Adhikari |
| Succeeded by | Abhishek Banerjee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 December 1980[1] Durlabhpur, Bankura district, West Bengal, India[1] |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2019-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Trinamool Congress (2014-2019) Indian National Congress (till 2014) |
| Alma mater | Panchmura Mahavidyalaya[1] |
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Saumitra Khan (born: 8 December 1980) is an Indian politician representing the Bishnupur constituency of West Bengal in the Lok Sabha since 2014. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019 [2] and currently (as of December 2020) serves as the president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha West Bengal.
Khan started his career with Indian National Congress party and was elected to West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Katulpur constituency. In 2013, he switched to the ruling Trinamool Congress. In the 2014 Indian general election, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Bishnupur constituency. In early 2019, he defected to Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling party at the centre. Following his defection, a police case was lodged against him for allegedly extorting money from job aspirants. The Kolkata High Court prevented him from entering his constituency. He won with a margin of more than 78,000 votes without even holding any political rally in the area.[citation needed]
- ^ a b c d "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Lok Sabha Secretariat. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Trinamool Congress MP Saumitra Khan joins BJP, party expels him, another MP". 4 July 2020.