Md. Sohrab

Md. Sohrab is a Congress politician, five-time MLA and Congress legislature party leader in the West Bengal state assembly.

Md. Sohrab
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office 1969-1971, 1971-1972, 1977-1982, 1996-2001
Constituency	Suti
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office 2011–2016
Constituency	Jangipur
Personal details
Born	8 July 1932
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence(s)	Village: Mongaljan, PO Ghorsala, PS: Raghunathganj, District: Murshidabad.

Personal life

Md. Sohrab, son of Yar Mohammad, is a post-graduate and is a retired head-teacher.^[1][2]

Political career

He was elected to the West Bengal state assembly from Suti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 1969,^[3] 1971,^[4] 1977^[5] and 1996,^[6] as a Congress candidate.

When he was not given a party ticket to contest in 2001, he filed his nomination in the same constituency as a rebel candidate and lost.^[7] At that Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who has a reputation for sponsoring rebels, commented, "Do you expect my former mastermoshai Md Sohrab (rebel candidate from Suti) and five-time MLA Habibur Rahman (rebel candidate from Jangipur) to listen to me?"^[8]

In 2011, he won from Jangipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)^[9] and was Congress legislature party leader.^[10] He joined All India Trinamool Congress in 2016.^[11]