Isha Khan Choudhury is an Indian politician from the state of

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. He represented the Sujapur constituency in the

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as a candidate of the

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party. He comes from a political family with his father and uncle being former cabinet ministers in the central government.

Personal life

Khan Choudhury spent the early years of his life in

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. His

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the sec ...

father is

Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury (born 12 January 1938) is an Indian politician and former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He has represented the Maldaha Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency) since 2009. He first elected M.P from hi ...

. He has two uncles , A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury and

Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Science and Technology in the Government of West Bengal. He has served as an MLA, elected from the Sujapur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly e ...

. His cousin Mausam Noor (daughter of Ghani Khan Choudhury's sister) is a Member of Indian Parliament. All of them are members of the

except Abu Nasar who defected to the

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party. The Khan Choudhury brothers are former cabinet ministers in the central government.

Political career

In the 2011 West Bengal Assembly election, Khan Choudhury emerged victorious from the Baishnabnagar constituency as a candidate of the

party. In the election, he defeated a Hindu candidate fielded by the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

. In the 2016 West Bengal Assembly election, he contested from the Sujapur constituency. He said that he took this decision "on the direction of the party high command". He was pitted against his own uncle Abu Nasar who switched to the

party. During his election campaign he said that his uncle did not work for the benefit of the citizens and hence claimed that they were therefore supporting the Congress party. In the election, he defeated his uncle after he secured 97 thousand votes compared to his uncle's 50 thousand votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Khan Choudhury, Isha Living people West Bengal politicians People from Malda district Muslim politics in India Indian National Congress politicians 1971 births West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis