Hafiz Alam Sairani Explained

Hafiz Alam Sairani
Birth Date:1960 2, df=y
Birth Place:Binardah, Uttar Dinajpur, India
Death Place:Kolkata, India
Residence:Kolkata, India
Office1:Vice President WBPCC Indian National Congress
Term Start1:21 February 2023
Term End1:28 October 2024
Office2:Secretary All India Forward Bloc
Term Start2:2008
Term End2:2022
Office3:Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency3:Goalpokhar
Term Start3:1994
Term End3:2006
Predecessor3:Md. Ramjan Ali
Successor3:Deepa Dasmunsi
Office4:Minister of Relief and Cooperative
Term Start4:1996
Term End4:2001
Party:Indian National Congress
(from 2022)All India Forward Bloc
(1980–2022)
Spouse:Hena Hafiz
Alma Mater:University of Calcutta
Term Start5:2001
Term End5:2006
Secretary:All India Forward Bloc (2008–2022)

Hafiz Alam Sairani (1 February 1960 – 28 October 2024) was an Indian politician who was Vice President of West Bengal State Congress Committee (WBPCC). Sairani joined Indian National Congress on 3 November 2022 after resigning from all posts of All India Forward Bloc. He was Secretary of All India Forward Bloc and former Secretariat Member of Left Front State Committee. Hafiz resigned from All India Forward Bloc on 23 September 2022. He was also Relief and Co-operative Minister of the Left Front government in West Bengal.[1]

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

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

Early life

Sairani was born at Binardah, a small village of Uttar Dinajpur on 1 February 1960. He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family which had produced another famous son, politician and former MLA Ramzan Ali, his elder brother. His father was also well known in that region and worked as a landlord. A 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.

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.

Death

Sairani died at the IPGMER and SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, on 28 October 2024, at the age of 64. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crop carnage in rain rampage - More than 4,000 families displaced by downpour. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223229/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031011/asp/siliguri/story_2449875.asp . dead . 14 July 2014 . The Telegraph, 11 October 2003 . 4 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Election Watch Reporter. Hafiz Alam Sairani. National Election Watch . 4 July 2014.
  3. Web site: Forward Bloc grapples with dissent . The Statesman, 17 June 2014 . 4 July 2014.
  4. Web site: General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 July 2014.
  5. Web site: General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal . Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission . 1 July 2014.
  6. News: Former state Min Hafiz Alam Sairani passes away . 29 October 2024 . Millennium Post . 29 October 2024.