Pratima Mondal

Pratima Mondal (née Naskar; born 	16 February 1966) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Parliament for Jaynagar since 2014. Before she joined politics she was a WBCS officer. Her father Gobinda Chandra Naskar was also a former MP from Bangaon. She is belonging to the All India Trinamool Congress.

Personal life
Pratima Mondal was born on 16 February 1966, to a Bengali Hindu family in small beautiful village Gaur Daha in Banshra, Canning. She is daughter of the former Member of Parliament, Gobinda Chandra Naskar. Pratima Mondal is a postgraduate of the University of Calcutta. She was a WBCS officer before entering politics.

Political career
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the All India Trinamool Congress nominated Pratima Mondal from the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency. She was elected with 4,94,746 votes, which was 41.71% of the votes cast. She defeated her nearest rival Subhas Naskar of the Revolutionary Socialist Party by 1,08,384 votes.