Milton Rashid

Milton Rashid (born 1975) is an Indian National Congress politician and was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2021, elected from Hansan Assembly constituency.^[1] He was appointed the Birbhum district Congress president in 2020.^[2]

Milton Rashid
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 2016–2021
Preceded by	Asit Kumar Mal
Succeeded by	Asok Kumar Chattopadhyay
Constituency	Hansan
Personal details
Born	1975 (age 49–50) Margram, Birbhum district, West Bengal
Political party	Indian National Congress
Alma mater	Rabindra Bharati University

Early life and family

Rashid was born in 1975 to a Bengali Muslim family in Birbhum district of West Bengal. He is the son of Abdur Rashid. Rashid is an advocate, having graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from TNB College in 2004 and Master of Arts degree in Environmental Science from the Rabindra Bharati University in 2013.^[3][4]

Career

Rashid is a former president of the West Bengal State Congress “Minority Cell”, former district president of “INTUC” Birbhum, and a former General Secretary of the Students' Union at Rampurhat College. He contested in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as an Indian National Congress candidate for Hansan Assembly constituency, defeating former MLA Asit Kumar Mal.^[5] He contested again in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election but was unsuccessful.^[6] Rashid also contested in the 2024 Indian general election but was unsuccessful.^[3]