Isha Khan Chowdhury, last flag bearer of the Congress in Malda, is contesting from the Malda Dakshin constituency, which his family has held for the past five decades.
His father Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury had represented the seat for the past three terms since 2009 and prior to this, his uncle and veteran Congress leader ABA Ghani Khan Chowdhury had represented the constituency since the 1980s.
During the heat of the election campaign, Mr. Khan Chowdhury does not mind being called the “last flag bearer of the Congress from the Ghani Khan family”. Two of his other family members, cousin Mausam Benazir Noor and uncle Abu Naser Khan Chowdhury, have switched sides to the Trinamool Congress.
