Manirul Islam Sarkar

Manirul Islam Sarkar (; 1965 – 3 December 2017) was an Indian Bengali politician and teacher. He was a former two-time member of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly for the Phulbari Assembly Constituency in West Garo Hills district. Sarkar was also the Cabinet Minister for Agriculture and Transport. He lost to Abu Taher Mondal in the 1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, but made a comeback in the 2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. He competed in the 2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election as an Indian National Congress candidate and in the 2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election as a Samajwadi Party candidate but was defeated again by Abu Taher Mondal. In 2014, he joined the National People's Party. Sarkar also served as the chairman for Meghalaya Transport Corporation and the Minister of Agriculture & Transport.

Later life and death He later migrated to Guwahati in Assam where he established himself at the Meghalaya House. Sarkar suffered from a heart attack on 1 November 2017 and taken to hospital. He went to Chennai on 9 November and had a successful operation, returning to Guwahati on 17 November. As a result of a second heart attack, Sarkar died on 3 December 2017. His funeral, conducted in his home village of Chibinang in Meghalaya, was attended by thousands including the senior representatives of the National People's Party as well as his political rival Abu Taher Mondal. Among his brothers is politician S G Esmatur Mominin.