Jagannath Sarkar (born 2 January 1963) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for

Ranaghat Ranaghat is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ranaghat subdivision. It is compact but one of the densely populated cities of West Bengal. It is known for its handloom in ...

since

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Personal life

Sarkar was born on 2 January 1963 to Bhim Chandra Sarkar and Nani Bala Sarkar in Tashuli village of

Bankura district Bankura district (Pron: bãkuɽa) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is part of Medinipur division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. Bankura district is surrounded by Purba Bardhaman distri ...

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. He graduated with

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from

Santipur College Santipur College, established in 1948, is a college in Santipur, in Nadia district, West Bengal, India. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated to University of Kalyani. History This college was established o ...

in 1984 and

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degree from

Kalyani University The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a Government of West Bengal administered, UGC affiliated, NAAC accredited, collegiate Public Research university in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It offers courses at the Undergraduate, Post ...

in 1986-1987. He married Arpita Sarkar (Baidya) on 2 November 1999, with whom he has a son and a daughter. Sarkar is a teacher and farmer by profession.

Political career

Sarkar is the general secretary of the

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unit of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

. On 10 April 2019, the party nominated him for the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

from the Ranaghat constituency, after the nomination of Mukatmoni Adhikari was rejected. On 23 May, he was elected to the

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after defeating his nearest rival, Rupali Biswas of the

Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...

. On 26 June 2021, he filed F.I.R/Complaint against social media user for "defaming his name and false news about him".

References

1963 births Living people India MPs 2019–present Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal People from Bankura district People from Nadia district West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026 {{WestBengal-BJP-politician-stub