Manoj Manzil is an Indian politician from

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. He represented the CPIML Liberation in Tejashwi Yadav's Mahagathbandhan alliance during the

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election The Bihar Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases through October–November to elect members to the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Bihar ended on 29 November 20 ...

. Manzil has concentrated his political activity in

Agiaon Agiaon is a village and corresponding community development block in Bhojpur district of Bihar, India. As of 2011, its population was 4,801, in 835 households. The total block population was 148,373, in 23,117 households. Demographics Agiaon is ...

and has been organizing the Sadak Par School Movement in Bhojpur. He received 84,777 votes, 61.51% of total vote share, and was elected as the MLA from

in 2020.

History

Manzil was born in 1984 or 1985 to a family of landless

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labourers and brick kiln workers. His father was a cadre of the CPI(ML) and his uncle spent his life as part of the Jay Prakash movement. Eventually he managed to get into college in Arrah and taught students to make ends meet, but was several times forced to drop out. He then became a Left activist. In 2015, he contested the elections from Agiaon as a CPI(ML)-L candidate but was jailed and came in third place. In 2018, he organized the ''Sadak Par School'' movement in Bhojpur district, where he and other cadres would teach students on the road to protest abysmal primary schooling in rural Bihar. The movement gained significant media attention and in response the government made several school reforms. His activism has resulted in his being slapped with over 30 FIRs. In 2020, he contested the elections again and won a majority. During the second wave of

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in India, Manoj Manzil was widely appreciated for his efforts to help the community in and around the hospitals in his constituency.

References

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation politicians Bihar MLAs 2020–2025 Living people 1984 births Indian communists {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub