Isha Khan Choudhury

Isha Khan Choudhury is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Maldaha Dakshin [Lok Sabha constituency|Maldaha Dakshin] constituency. He represented the Sujapur (Vidhan [Sabha constituency)|Sujapur constituency] in the West [Bengal Legislative Assembly] as a candidate of the Indian National Congress party. He comes from a political family with his father and uncle being former cabinet ministers in the central government.

Personal life

Khan Choudhury spent the early years of his life in Canada. His Bengali Muslim father is Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury. He has two uncles, A.B.A. [Ghani Khan Choudhury] and Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury. His cousin Mausam Noor is a Member of [Indian Parliament]. All of them are members of the Indian National Congress except Mausam Noor and Abu Nasar who defected to the Trinamool Congress party. The Khan Choudhury brothers are former cabinet ministers in the central government.

In the 2011 [West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011 West Bengal Assembly election], Khan Choudhury emerged victorious from the Baishnabnagar constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress party. In the election, he defeated candidate fielded by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In the 2016 West [Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 West Bengal Assembly election], he contested from the Sujapur constituency. He said that he took this decision "on the direction of the party high command". He was pitted against his own uncle Abu Nasar who switched to the Trinamool Congress party. During his election campaign he said that his uncle did not work for the benefit of the citizens and hence claimed that they were therefore supporting the Congress party. In the election, he defeated his uncle after he secured 97 thousand votes compared to his uncle's 50 thousand votes.