Hafiz Alam Sairani
Vice President WBPCC Indian National Congress
Assumed office
21st Feb 2023
Secretary All India Forward Bloc
In office
2008–2022
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1994–2006
Preceded byMd. Ramjan Ali
Succeeded byDeepa Dasmunsi
ConstituencyGoalpokhar
Minister of Relief and Cooperative
In office
1996–2001
In office
2001–2006
Personal details
Born (1960-02-01) February 1, 1960 (age 64)
Binardah, Uttar Dinajpur
Political partyIndian National Congress
(from 3rd Nov, 2022) All India Forward Bloc
(from 1980 till 23rd Sep, 2022)
SpouseHena Hafiz
ResidenceKolkata
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta

Hafiz Alam Sairani is Vice President of West Bengal State Congress Committee(WBPCC). Sairani joined Indian National Congress on 3rd November 2022 after resigning from all post of All India Forward Bloc. He is former Secretary of All India Forward Bloc and former Secretariat Member of Left Front State Committee. Hafiz resigned from All India Forward Bloc on 23rd September 2022. He is former Relief and Co-operative Minister of the Left Front government in West Bengal.[1]

A commerce and education graduate, he is a teacher by profession. He was a state secretariat member and central committee member of the Forward Bloc.[2][3] And also the member of state Left Front.[citation needed]

He was elected MLA from Goalpokhar in 1996 and 2001.[4][5]

Early life

Born in 1960 at Binardah, a small village of Uttar Dinajpur. Sairani belongs to a Bengali Muslim family which had produced another famous son, Ex MLA and well known politician Ramzan Ali was his elder brother. His father was also a very well known person in that region and was a landlord. A former student of Chakulia High School, Chakulia, Uttar Dinajpur, Sairani studied Commerce from Calcutta University, Kolkata, and secured his M.A degree, and started working in Chakulia High School as a teacher.[citation needed]

Career

In 1994, Sairani was elected as a Legislative Assembly Member for the first time. His constituency was Goalpokhar. He was given charge of the Uttar Dinajpur district by the party. He was also given charge of the Relief department of West Bengal Government. Due to his good image he was also given the charge of Cooperative department.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Crop carnage in rain rampage - More than 4,000 families displaced by downpour". The Telegraph, 11 October 2003. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Election Watch Reporter". Hafiz Alam Sairani. National Election Watch. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Forward Bloc grapples with dissent". The Statesman, 17 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. ^ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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