Biswanath Das (born 3 October 1965) is an

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politician who has been a

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for

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since

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. He is belonging to the

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Personal life

Biswanath Das was born on 3 October 1965, to a

Bengali Hindu Bengali Hindus ( bn, বাঙ্গালী হিন্দু/বাঙালি হিন্দু, translit=Bāṅgālī Hindu/Bāṅāli Hindu) are an ethnoreligious population who make up the majority in the Indian states of West Benga ...

family in

. He is a postgraduate of the

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. He was a school teacher before entering politics.

Political career

In the 2016 Vidhan Sabha election, the

nominated Biswanath Das from the

Vidhan Sabha constituency. In this election, he defeated his nearest rival Sujit Patwari of the

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by 15,051 votes.

References

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