Sunil Singh (politician)

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Sunil Singh
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1 February 2018 – 2021
Preceded byMadhsudhan Ghosh
Succeeded byManju Basu
ConstituencyNoapara
Chairman, Garulia Municipality
In office
2010 – 2019 (by resignation)
Succeeded bySanjay Singh
In office
2003–2004
Personal details
Born1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress (13 February 2022 - present, 2000–2019)
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Janata Party(2019–2022)[2]
Residence(s)Garulia, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal[1]
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusiness[1]

Sunil Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Noapara in West Bengal, a seat which he won in February 2018 as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.[3][4][5] He was also the chairman of Garulia municipality till September 2019.[6] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in June 2019.[7][8][9] Singh left BJP by withdrawing from the municipal councillor candidature on 12 February 2022, after which he rejoined All India Trinamool Congress on 13 February 2022.[10]

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  2. ^ "TMC legislator, 16 councillors join BJP". India Today. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ "West Bengal bypolls 2018: Trinamool Congress leader Sunil Singh wins Noapara". India Today. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ Konar, Debasis (1 February 2018). "Trinamool wins Uluberia and Noapara bypolls; BJP comes second". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. ^ "West Bengal Noapara by-election: Who is Sunil Singh, TMC candidate who thrashed BJP, CPI(M)". The Financial Express. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Garulia Municipality". Barrackpore.gov.in. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. ^ "In setback to Mamata, Trinamool MLA, 11 councillors switch to BJP". Hindustan Times. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  8. ^ "TMC Nowpara MLA Sunil Singh, 12 councillors join BJP". The Indian Express. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Neither TMC leaders nor Mamata care about West Bengal's people, says MLA Sunil Singh as he, 12 others join BJP". Times Now. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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