Minister of State for Labour in Government of West Bengal
NAME – Mohammed Ghulam Rabbani
PROFESSION– Politician
BORN – 10/01/1970
PLACE OF BIRTH – Goalpokhar, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal
FATHER’S NAME – Md. Emajuddin
MOTHER’S NAME – Asma Khatoon
SPOUSE – Soghra Azeez Jama
SIBLINGS – N/A
CHILDREN – N/A
EDUCATION –
B.A from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
M.A. from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
B.Ed. from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS/PARTY- All India Trinamool Congress
OFFICIAL WEBSITE –N/A
REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT– N/A
AWARDS – N/A
BACKGROUND –
Ghulam Rabbani is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of State for Labour and cabinet minister of minority affairs and Madarsa Education in the Government of West Bengal. He is affiliated with the All India Trinamool Congress. He was elected as the Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Goalpokhar Vidhan Sabha Constituency in 2011, 2016, and 2021.
Rabbani was previously a member of Indian National Congress. He contested and won the 2011 West Bengal Assembly Elections from the Goalpokhar constituency.
He achieved this feat by defeating All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) candidate, Safiur Rahaman with the difference of 10% vote-share. He became a member of All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and was re-elected as MLA in 2016 and 2021 from the same constituency (Goalpokhar constituency).
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CAREER TIMELINE/ POSITIONS HELD –
2011 – Elected as Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2016 – Elected as Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2016 – Appointed as Minister of State for Labour in the Government of West Bengal
2021 – Elected as Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2021 – Appointed as the cabinet minister of minority affairs and Madarsa education.
CONTROVERSIES/CASES –
Rabbani was charged with punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt (IPC Section-325) and for criminal intimidation (IPC Section-506) but the cases are still pending.