Abhijeet mukherjee biography

Indian politician

For the scientist, see Abhijit Mukherjee (earth scientist).

Abhijit Mukherjee (born 2 January ) is an Indian politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) from the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Mukherjee won the Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency by-election by 2, votes defeating his nearest CPI(M) rival Muzaffar Hussain after a tough fight. The seat was vacated by his father PresidentPranab Mukherjee after he was elected as the President.^[1]

Mukherjee was re elected to Lok Sabha from Jangipur in ^[2] He lost the election to TMC candidate Khalilur Rahaman.

Early years

Abhijit Mukherjee was born on 2 January in Hoogly in West Bengal. He is the son of late Pranab Mukherjee (the former President of India) and late Suvra Mukherjee.^[3] His grandfather, Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, was active in the Indian independence movement and was a member of West Bengal Legislative Cou