Sajal Panja

Sajal Panja (1968 – 23 September 2016) was an Indian politician from West Bengal. He was a former member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Monteswar Assembly constituency in Purba Bardhaman district. He was elected in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election representing the All India Trinamool Congress.[1] He died after getting elected necessitating a by election in November 2016.[2][3]

Early life and education

Panja was from Purbasthali Uttar, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal. He was the son of late Prafulla Panja. He had two sons, who lived in Howrah along with their mother. His son, Saikat Panja, became an MLA after his death.[4] He studied Class 12 and passed the higher secondary examinations conducted by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education in 1980. He was into cultivation.[5]

Career

Panja was elected in the Monteswar Assembly constituency representing the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He polled 84,134 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Chaudhuri Md. Hedayatullah of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), by a margin of 706 votes.[6][7] He was on the Legislative Assembly's Petition Committee on Illegal Mining and Thalassemia Treatment.[8]

Death

Panja died of a massive heart attack on 23 September 2016 at the Digha State General Hospital during a tour to Digha.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Monteswar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  2. ^ "West Bengal bypolls on November 19, TMC names candidates". The Indian Express. 18 October 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  3. ^ Chatterjee, Pradip (17 May 2025). "ECI scraps over 7K 'fake voter cards' in Bengal after TMC complaint". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Will the TMC Be Badly Hit by Desertions to the BJP?". The Wire. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Sajal Panja(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- MONTESWAR(BARDHAMAN) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  6. ^ "West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Manteswar profile: Sitting MLA Saikat Panja has crossed over from TMC to BJP". Firstpost. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Monteswar Election Result 2021 Live Updates: Chowdhury Siddiqullah Of TMC Wins". News18. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  8. ^ a b সংবাদদাতা, নিজস্ব. "হৃদরোগে মৃত্যু বিধায়কের" (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
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