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Toraf Hossain Mandal

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Toraf Hossain Mandal
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Toraf Hossain Mandal is an Indian social worker and politician belonging to the Trinamool Congress . He is a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1][2]

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Early life and education

Mandal was born in 1959 to a Bengali family of Muslim Mandals in the village of Doraha in West Dinajpur district, West Bengal. He was the son of Haji Rahimuddin Mandal. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Balurghat College (affiliated with University of North Bengal) in 1985.[3]

Career

Mandal worked at a madrasa. He successfully contested in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he ran as a Trinamool Congress candidate for the Kumarganj Assembly constituency, defeating Marxist candidate Mafuja Khatun.[4][5] Mandal regained his seat in Kumarganj following the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election where he defeated the Hindutva-aligned BJP-WB candidate Manas Sarkar.[6]

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