Mohammed Salim (born 5 June 1957) is an Indian Communist politician, belonging to 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 ...

. He was inducted in the politburo of CPI(M) in the 21st party congress organised at Visakhapatnam in 2015. He was a member of the

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, representing

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constituency. Earlier, he was a member of the

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, representing the Calcutta North East constituency of

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. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency, and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the

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Early life

Born on 5 June 1957 in the

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area of

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to Azizul Haque, an employee of Kolkata Port, and Ladly Haque, Salim was one of nine siblings. He did his schooling from St. Barnabas High School, Calcutta. Afterwards he studied

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. During this time, he was saved from drowning in a village in

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by a woman, with whose family he still maintains contact.

Political career

He joined

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to study philosophy. During his college days, he became a part of the contemporary student's movement in

and became an active member of the Students' Federation of India. He was elected general secretary of the students' union of his college immediately after re-imposition of democracy post the

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. He has stated that the Emergency was the most influential event in his life, which made him opt for politics. After passing out from Maulana Azad College, he enrolled in

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to obtain his master's degree in philosophy. During his days of student activism in Jadavpur, he met up with his future colleagues at

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and Manab Mukherjee. He served as the President of Kolkata district committee of Democratic Youth Federation of India (D.Y.F.I.) during 1983-1989. He also served as the general secretary of DYFI from 1991 to 2001. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal in 1990 and served two terms till 2001. In the West Bengal assembly elections held in 2001, he was elected from the

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. He served as the Minister for Technical Education and Training, Youth Welfare, Minority Development and Welfare, Self Employment till 2004. In the 14th General Elections held in 2004, he won from the Calcutta North East constituency of

and served as the deputy leader of the

Lok Sabha group. After delimitation, in the 2009 Lok Sabha election Salim contested the new Calcutta North constituency, and lost to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the

. He was a member of the

, representing

constituency. In

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he again contested from Raiganj but lost against Debasree Chaudhuri of

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and lost his security deposit after coming third. He also served as the deputy leader of the

Lok Sabha group between 2004 and 2009 and again between 2014 and 2019. He also contested from the Chanditala Vidhan Sabha Constituency in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections, but lost to actor Swati Khandoker of TMC. He was also elected to the Central Committee of the

in 1998. He was later inducted in the state committee and state secretariat in 2006. He was elected to the politburo of C.P.I.(M.) in the 21st party congress organised at Visakhapatnam in 2015. In 2022, he was elected as Secretary of West Bengal state committee of CPI(M). He has led efforts to rejuvenate the party in West Bengal after it was routed in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salim, Mohammed Living people 1957 births 21st-century Indian Muslims Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal India MPs 2004–2009 Politicians from Kolkata Maulana Azad College alumni University of Calcutta alumni India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from West Bengal People from Uttar Dinajpur district 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis DYFI All India Presidents