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Manoranjan Shill Gopal
মনোরঞ্জন শীল গোপাল
Member of Parliament
for Dinajpur-1
Assumed office
2005
Preceded byAbdullah Al Kafi
Personal details
Born (1964-01-01) 1 January 1964 (age 60)
Dinajpur, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationB.A[1]
ProfessionBusiness & Agriculture[1]

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]

Career

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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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  1. ^ a b "Constituency 06 Dinajpur-1". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Manoranjan Shill Gopal, MP, as chief guest, distributing". The Daily Observer. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Manoranjan Shil Gopal (Ind) unofficially elected in Dinajpur-1 by poll". bdnews24. 4 December 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. ^ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali).
  6. ^ "List of 10th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
  7. ^ "Dinajpur MP sued for renaming Sheikh Mujibur Rahman College to his own". Dhaka Tribune. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Dinajpur AL MP Gopal declared unwelcome in his locality". Dhaka Tribune. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  9. ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members Bangla". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 9 July 2021.