Joachim Baxla

Joachim Baxla
ex-MP
Constituency	Alipurduars
Personal details
Born	(1955-01-16) 16 January 1955 Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
Political party	RSP (previous) , Trinamool Congress (current)
Spouse(s)	Maloti Baxla
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
Residence	Jalpaiguri
As of 17 September, 2006 Source: [1]

Joachim Baxla (born 16 January 1955) 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 for the 15th Lok Sabha. In protest, he resigned from the RSP and contested from the Alipurduar constituency as an independent and lost badly.RSP candidate Manohar Tirkey won the seat. He was relegated to the fourth position.Then he joined the Trinamool Congress and contested the 2011 West Bengal Assembly election under its flag from the Kumargram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . He again lost the election to his RSP rival Dasrath Tirkey.

References

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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