Milton Rashid

Milton Rashid is an Indian National Congress politician and was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2021, elected from Hansan Assembly constituency. He was appointed the Birbhum district Congress president in 2020.

Early life and family

Rashid was born in 1975 to a Bengali Muslim family in Birbhum district of West Bengal. He is the son of Abdur Rashid. Rashid is an advocate, having graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from TNB College in 2004 and Master of Arts degree in Environmental Science from the Rabindra Bharati University in 2013.

Career

Rashid is a former president of the West Bengal State Congress “Minority Cell”, former district president of “INTUC” Birbhum, and a former General Secretary of the Students' Union at Rampurhat College. He contested in the 2016 [West Bengal Legislative Assembly election] where he ran as an Indian National Congress candidate for Hansan Assembly constituency, defeating former MLA Asit Kumar Mal. He contested again in the 2021 [West Bengal Legislative Assembly election] but was unsuccessful. Rashid also contested in the 2024 [Indian general election] but was unsuccessful.