Pijush Kanti Mukherjee was an Indian politician and trade unionist. He won a seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the first six consecutive elections held after Independence. He was the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1971.
Legislator and trade unionist Around time of merger of the Cooch Behar State with the Dominion of India, Mukherjee was a leading figure in Alipurduar in the movement for a merger of Cooch Behar State into West Bengal.Sukhabilāsa Barmā. Socio-political Movements in North Bengal: A Sub-Himalayan Tract, Vol. 1. Global Vision Publishing House, 2007. p. 76 He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from the Alipurduars constituency in the 1952, 1957 and 1962 elections.Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1952 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGALElection Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1957 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGALElection Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL He was a member of the General Council of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC).Report - Indian National Trade Union Congress. Indian National Trade Union Congress, 1964. p. xii
He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Kumargram constituency in the 1967, 1969 and 1971 elections.Election Results of West Bengal: Statistics & Analysis, Vol. 1. p. 452 When the Indian National Congress underwent a split in 1969, Mukherjee sided with the Requisitionists led by Indira Gandhi. The INC(R) president C. Subramaniam declared the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee suspended and set up a three-man committee consisting of K.K. Shukla , Pijush Mukherjee and Abdus Sattar to lead the party in West Bengal.Institute of Political and Social Studies Bulletin, Vol. 4. Institute of Political and Social Studies 1969. p. 92
Deputy Speaker On May 3, 1971, following the 1971 election, Mukherjee was elected Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54. Indian Political Science Association, 1993. p. 102 He obtained 142 votes, against 130 votes for Mohammed Elias Razi of the Workers Party of India.The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Vol. 17. Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1971. p. 133 Mukherjee remained in the post as Deputy Speaker until June 25, 1971.C. K. Jain. The Union and State Legislatures in India. Allied Publishers, 1993. p. 885
Later years He contested the Alipurduars seat in the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, but this time as the Janata Party candidate. He finished in third place with 8,808 votes (15.56%).Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGALWho's who in 1982 Assembly Election, West Bengal: Personalities and Party Manifesto. Merchants' Club, 1982. p. 33
Mukherjee died in 1998.The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Vol. 44. Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1998. p. 483
See also Pijushkanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya, a degree college in Sonapur, Alipurduar district.
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