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Preceded by
  
Dhirendranath Basu

Name
  
Saifuddin Choudhury

Succeeded by
  
Spouse(s)
  
Ruksana Chowdhury

Died
  
September 14, 2014

Nationality
  
Indian

Role
  
Politician


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Political party
  
Communist Party of India (Marxist)Party of Democratic Socialism

Profession
  
Politician, social worker

Alma mater
  
University of Calcutta

Saifuddin choudhury appealing to bengalis all over the world


Saifuddin Choudhury (1 August 1952 – 14 September 2014), was an Indian politician who was a CPI(M) leader and MP from West Bengal state of India. In February 2001 he formed Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS).

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Saifuddin Choudhury: The judgment has been hailed as a very good judgment in favour of secularism


Political career

He was elected to the Lok Sabha on a CPI(M) ticket from Katwa (Lok Sabha constituency) in 1980, 1984, 1989 and 1991. He took a progressive role in Shah Bano case in his tenure as a Member of Parliament. He later took important role during discussion on Narasima Rao government also. He fared very badly in the 2009 election from Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency). His membership of the party was not renewed.

References

Saifuddin Choudhury Wikipedia