Isha Khan Choudhury
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Isha Khan Choudhury
| image = File:Isha Khan Choudhury.jpg
| image size =
| caption=
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|05|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Malda, West Bengal, India
| party = Indian National Congress
| Children =
| nationality = Indian
| constituency = Maldaha Dakshin| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
| office1 = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
| constituency1 = Sujapur
| term_start1 = 25 May 2016
| term_end1 = 2 May 2021
| predecessor1 = Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury
| successor1 =Muhammad Abdul Ghani
| constituency2 = Baisnabnagar
| term_start2 = 10 May 2011
| term_end2 = 25 May 2016
| predecessor2 = Position established
| successor2 = Swadhin Kumar Sarkar
| module =
| residence = Sahazalalpur
| parents = Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury (father)
| relations = A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury (uncle)
Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury (uncle)
Rubi Noor (aunt)
Mausam Noor (cousin)
| spouse = Sayeda Saleha Noor
| alma_mater = York University (B.A.)
}}
Isha Khan Choudhury (born 22 May 1971) is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal and a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Maldaha Dakshin constituency. He represented the 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.{{cite news|title=Inheritors {{!}} Next-gen netas|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13|accessdate=25 March 2025|publisher=India Today|date=13 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250325141549/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-inheritors-next-gen-netas-2565854-2024-07-13|archivedate=25 March 2025|language=en}}
Personal life
Khan Choudhury spent the early years of his life in Canada.{{cite web|title=In Sujapur, it's all in Barkatda's family|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/westbengal2016/in-sujapur-its-all-in-barkatdas-family/article8478219.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=8 September 2017|date=15 April 2016}} 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 (daughter of Ghani Khan Choudhury's sister) 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.{{cite web|title=Whichever the party, all politics in Malda is still about only one family|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/whichever-the-party-all-politics-in-malda-is-still-about-only-one-family/|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=8 September 2017|date=14 April 2016}} The Khan Choudhury brothers are former cabinet ministers in the central government.{{cite web|title=Congress fights comparison with Malda's king Khan|url=http://hindustantimes.com/kolkata/congress-fights-comparison-with-malda-s-king-khan/story-Ajb2H3DPevkG1Oj82nwxnM.html|publisher=Hindustan Times|access-date=8 September 2017|date=22 July 2013|archive-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908155026/http://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/congress-fights-comparison-with-malda-s-king-khan/story-Ajb2H3DPevkG1Oj82nwxnM.html|url-status=live}}
Political career
In the 2011 West Bengal Assembly election, Khan Choudhury emerged victorious from the Baishnabnagar constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress party.{{cite web|title=List of Winners in West Bengal 2011|url=http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default|publisher=My Neta|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-date=14 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614001719/http://myneta.info/westbengal2011/index.php?action=show_winners&sort=default|url-status=live}} In the election, he defeated candidate fielded by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In the 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".{{cite web|title=Anxiety in Bengal as radicalism gathers speed|url=http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/4110-anxiety-bengal-radicalism-gathers-speed|publisher=Sunday Guardian|access-date=8 September 2017|date=10 April 2016|archive-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908155037/http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/4110-anxiety-bengal-radicalism-gathers-speed|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|title=Sujapur witnesses Kotwali family fight|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160317/jsp/siliguri/story_74946.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319091724/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160317/jsp/siliguri/story_74946.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2016|publisher=Telegraph India|access-date=8 September 2017}} In the election, he defeated his uncle after he secured 97 thousand votes compared to his uncle's 50 thousand votes.{{cite web|title=Sujapur Assembly Elections 2016 Latest News & Results|url=http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2016/west-bengal/|publisher=India|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908155603/http://www.india.com/assembly-election-2016/west-bengal/|url-status=live}}
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Category:People from Malda district
Category:Muslim politics in India
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal
Category:West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021
Category:20th-century Bengalis
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Category:West Bengal MLAs 2011–2016
Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal
Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance candidates in 2024 Indian general election