Abdur Razzak Molla was Minister for Land and Land Reforms in the Left Front Ministry in the India

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States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

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The son of Karim Bukhs Molla, a peasant who cultivated paddy and vegetables, he was attracted to the Communist movement while a college student and started his political career on the peasant front.

Abdur Razzak Molla was elected from the Canning Purba

Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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 seat from 1977 to 2011. He was one of the few ministers to retain his seat in the 2011 elections

West Bengal state assembly election, 2011

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