Manoranjon_Shill_Gopal

Manoranjan Shill Gopal

Manoranjan Shill Gopal

Bangladeshi politician

Manoranjan Shill Gopal (Bengali: মনোরঞ্জন শীল গোপাল; born 1 January 1964), also known as Gopal, is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Dinajpur-1 since 2005.[2]

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Dinajpur-1, Preceded by ...

Career

Gopal unsuccessfully contested Jatiyo Sangshad (National Parliament) constituency Dinajpur-1 in 1991 under the National Democratic Party banner, in June 1996 as the Jatiya Party candidate, and in 2001 as the Islami Oikya Jote candidate.[3]

He ran as an independent in the December 2005 by-election for Dinajpur-1, and was elected Member of Parliament with a majority of 62,401 votes.[4] Representing the Bangladesh Awami League, he was re-elected to the seat in the 2008 and 2014 general elections.[5][6]

In September 2017, Gopal was sued by an Awami League activists for renaming Sheikh Mujibur Rahman College to MS Gopal Model College.[7]

In September 2018, Awami League activists declared Gopal unwanted in Dinajpur District in a rally.[8] He was re-elected from Dinajpur-1 as an Awami League candidate in December 2018.[9]

References

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    "Constituency 06 Dinajpur-1". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
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    "Manoranjan Shill Gopal, MP, as chief guest, distributing". Retrieved 2016-08-06.
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    "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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    "Manoranjan Shil Gopal (Ind) unofficially elected in Dinajpur-1 by poll". bdnews24. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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    "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali).
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    "List of 10th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
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    "Dinajpur MP sued for renaming Sheikh Mujibur Rahman College to his own". Dhaka Tribune. 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  8. [8]
    "Dinajpur AL MP Gopal declared unwelcome in his locality". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-09-06. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  9. [9]
    "List of 11th Parliament Members Bangla". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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