Ahmed Hassan Imran

Ahamed Hassan
Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Hassan Imran (left) with the former Minister of External Affairs of India, Sushma Swaraj (right)
MP of Rajya Sabha for West Bengal
In office
3 April 2014 – 2 April 2020
Preceded byBarun Mukherji
Succeeded byDinesh Trivedi
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Personal details
Political partyAITC

Ahmaed Hassan (Bengali: আহমেদ হাসান) alias Imran is a veteran journalist[1] and was a MP of Rajya Sabha from West Bengal, India.[2][3][4][5] He had sworn into the parliament on 9 June 2014.[6] In April 2017, he was selected as the Chairman for the Telephone Advisory Committees by the Govt. of India.[7] He is now the Chairman of West Bengal Minorities Commission w.e.f 22/06/2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (left) with Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Hassan Imran (right)

Early life

Imran was born in the Mal police station area of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

Ahmed Hassan Imran is a well known Bengali Journalist. Like the popular Malayalam daily Madhyamam from Muslim community in Kerala, the Bangla daily Qalam has too consolidated its foothold under his stewardship in West Bengal. Started 30 years ago as a monthly, turned into a weekly after some years, Qalam has emerged as the best and the most popular daily since 2012 with a large circulation in the Bengali community. Due to his popularity and successful venture of the Bangla daily, he was nominated a Member of Rajya Sabha by All India Trinamool Congress in 2014.

Born in the Mal police station area of Jalpaiguri district, he obtained his education from his native place. Since his student days, he remained active among students and youth and earned a reputation of a popular leader in Bengali community. It is a fact that there was no dearth of efforts for a Bangla newspaper from the Bengali Muslim community since even before Independence, but his Qalam, evolved from a monthly into a daily, fulfilled the long due need of the community.

References

  1. ^ "TMC fields painter Jogen for RS seat". The Indian Express. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  2. ^ Bandopadhyay, Sabyasachi (7 February 2014). "RS elections: Trinamool wins as Cong, Left Front MLAs vote in favour". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  3. ^ Chowdhury, Rajib (8 February 2014). "Cross-vote cloud on Bengal vote". The Asian Age. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Defections help TMC's 4th candidate sail through to Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Six legislators cross-vote in West Bengal". Zee News. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Ahmed Hassan Imran speaks in RS on the situation due to floods in the country". Rajya Sabha TV. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  7. ^ "সাংসদ আহমেদ হাসান ইমরান বিএসএনেল টেলিফোনের উপদেষ্টা কমিটির চেয়ারম্যান পদে নিযুক্ত হয়েছেন". Sangbad Pratidin. 18 April 2017.