Moloy Ghatak is an Indian

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currently serving as

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Politics

He is an MLA of

All India 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 ...

, elected from the Asansol Uttar constituency of

Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district o ...

in the

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and

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West Bengal state assembly election and had previously been an MLA from Hirapur constituency during the period of 2001–2006. He played an instrumental part and leading role in bringing about the creation of the new Paschim Bardhaman District, which is the 23rd district of West Bengal, with its headquarters at Asansol. Ghatak did his graduation with

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honours from

Ananda Chandra College Ananda Chandra College, also known as AC College was established in the year 1942, is one of the oldest colleges in Jalpaiguri located in the Indian state of West Bengal. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and sciences and also offers PG co ...

, Jalpaiguri.

Legal career

He is an

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by profession and usually practiced at Asansol Court. He is a third generation advocate.

References

Living people State cabinet ministers of West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016 West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 1956 births Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal {{WestBengal-politician-stub