Manturam Pakhira

Manturam Pakhira is a Trinamool Congress politician and a Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Sundarbans Affairs in the Council of Ministers of West Bengal. He is son of Kalipada Pakhira, he is a social worker.^[1] On 30 September 2020, he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and thereafter hospitalized in Beleghata Infectious Disease Hospital in Kolkata.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Manturam Pakhira
Minister of State (Independent charge) for Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal
In office November 2012 – May 2016
Preceded by	Shyamal Mondal
Constituency	Kakdwip
Personal details
Born	1963 (age 61–62)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Residence(s)	Bamanagar, Kakdwip, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India

Politics

Pakhira was first elected from Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in South 24 Parganas in 2001,^[8] and again elected in 2011.^[9] He was inducted as a Minister of State in charge of Sunderbans Development in November 2012.^[10]