Somen Mitra

Somendra Nath Mitra (31 December 1941 – 30 July 2020), popularly known as Somen Mitra, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009 as a Trinamool Congress candidate. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sealdah from 1972 to 2006. He was the president of the state unit of the Indian National Congress. In July 2008, he left the Indian National Congress and formed a new party, named, Pragatisheel Indira Congress. In October 2009, the political party founded by him was officially merged with the All India Trinamool Congress. He rejoined his parent party Congress in January, 2014, before that he resigned from his MP post. He became the president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee for the second time on 22 September 2018 and served until his death on July 30, 2020.

References

External links

• Soman Mitra Website
• Somen Mitra -Political Profile
• Profile on the website of the Lok Sabha

1. Madan Mitra
2. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
3. 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
4. Abhishek Banerjee (politician)
5. Nayna Bandyopadhyay
6. Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency
7. Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
8. Chowrangee Assembly constituency
9. List of Lok Sabha members from West Bengal
10. Mostaque Alam
11. Mausam Noor
12. Didi Ke Bolo
13. Bangla Congress
14. Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
15. 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
16. Soumen Mahapatra
17. Deaths in July 2020
18. Results of the 2009 Indian general election by constituency
19. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
20. 1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election