Joachim Baxla

Indian politician

Joachim Baxla
Member of Indian Parliament
In office
1996–2009
Preceded byPius Tirkey
Succeeded byManohar Tirkey
ConstituencyAlipurduars
Personal details
Born(1955-01-16)16 January 1955
Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
Died6 March 2017(2017-03-06) (aged 62)
Political partyTrinamool Congress (2010-2017) Revolutionary Socialist Party (1991-2008)
SpouseMaloti Baxla
Children1 son and 1 daughter
ResidenceHamiltonganj
As of 17 September, 2006
Source: [1]

Joachim Baxla (16 January 1955 – 6 March 2017) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Alipurduars constituency of West Bengal and was a member of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) political party. He won the Alipurduars seat four times in a row. Baxla was denied a ticket by RSP to contest the 15th Lok Sabha. In protest, he resigned from the RSP and contested the Alipurduar constituency as an independent and lost badly. RSP candidate Manohar Tirkey won the seat. He was relegated to the fourth position. He then joined the Trinamool Congress contesting the 2011 West Bengal Assembly election from the Kumargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency), and again lost the election to his RSP rival Dasrath Tirkey.[1]

Baxla died from cancer on 6 March 2017.[2]

References

  1. ^ "RSP MP in West Bengal quits party after being denied ticket". Thaindian news. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ "4-time MP passes away". India Today. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

Sources

  • Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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