Manoj Manzil
{{short description|Indian politician (born c. 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Manoj Manzil
| image =File:Manoj Manzil.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{circa|{{Birth year and age|1984}}}}
| birth_place = Tarari, Bihar, India
| residence = Tarari, Bihar
| death_date =
| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation)
| occupation =
| birth_name = Manoj Kumar
| office = Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
| constituency = Agiaon
| office2 = National President of RYA
| term_start2 = 2018
| term_end2 =
| predecessor = Prabhunath Prasad
| termstart = 16 November 2020 - 18 February 2024
}}
Manoj Manzil is an Indian politician from Bihar. He represented the CPIML Liberation in Tejashwi Yadav's Mahagathbandhan alliance during the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election.{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Aditya |date=2020-11-09 |title=Bihar Election Results: CPI(ML) Could Be Surprise Package in MGB |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/cpi-ml-mahagathbandhan-tejashwi-yadav-left-parties-bihar-election-results |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2020-10-16 |title=Bihar Elections: Dalits Say ‘No Hope for Achhe Din,’ Anti-Nitish Sentiment on Rise |url=https://www.newsclick.in/Bihar-no-hope-for-achhe-din-for-BJP |access-date=2020-11-10 |website=NewsClick |language=en}} Manzil has concentrated his political activity in Agiaon and has been organizing the Sadak Par School Movement in Bhojpur.{{Cite web |title=Sadak Par School: A Children's Uprising in Bhojpur Against Bihar's Failing Education System |url=https://thewire.in/education/a-childrens-uprising-in-bhojpur-against-bihars-failing-education-system |access-date=2021-01-24 |website=The Wire}} He received 84,777 votes, 61.51% of total vote share, and was elected as the MLA from Agiaon in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ACTRENDS2020/ConstituencywiseS04195.htm?ac=195|access-date=2020-11-10 |website=results.eci.gov.in}}
History
Manzil was born in 1984 or 1985 to a family of landless Dalit labourers and brick kiln workers. His father was a cadre of the CPI(ML) and his uncle spent his life as part of the Jay Prakash movement.
He managed to get into college in Arrah and taught students to make ends meet but was forced to drop out several times. He eventually became a Left activist. In 2015, he contested the elections from Agiaon as a CPI(ML)-L candidate but was jailed and came in third place.
In 2018, he organized the Sadak Par School movement in Bhojpur district, where he and other cadres would teach students on the road to protest abysmal primary schooling in rural Bihar. The movement gained significant media attention and in response the government made several school reforms.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-18 |title=Bihar Dalit firebrand and disqualified CPI-ML (Liberation) MLA known for ‘Sadak Pe School’ campaign: Who is Manoj Manzil? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bihar-dalit-disqualified-cpi-ml-liberation-mla-sadak-pe-school-campaign-manoj-manzil-9167764/ |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} In 2020, he contested the elections again and won a majority.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-13 |title=Was Always Thrown in Jails Ahead of Bihar Polls, Says Manoj Manzil, the Debutant Dalit CPI(ML) MLA |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/ahead-of-bihar-polls-was-always-thrown-in-jails-says-manoj-manzil-the-debutant-dalit-cpiml-mla-3076037.html |access-date=2021-01-24 |website=News18 |language=en}}
Conviction
Manoj Manzil along with 22 others were sentenced to life imprisonment in a case relating to the murder of JP Singh during the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.{{Cite news |last=Bhelari |first=Amit |date=2024-02-13 |title=Life imprisonment for Bihar MLA in murder case |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/life-imprisonment-for-bihar-mla-in-murder-case/article67841588.ece |access-date=2024-06-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
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