Sk. Omar Ali

Sheikh Omar Ali was an Indian politician belonging to the All India Trinamool Congress. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for eight terms.

Early life and family Ali was born in 1931 to a Bengali family of Muslim Sheikhs in the village of Bijaharpur, Midnapore district, West Bengal. He is the son of Sheikh Danish Mohammad. He passed his Intermediate of Arts in 1960, and then graduated with an MBBS. He was on the Register Council of Homeopathic Medicine from Calcutta Homoeopathic Medical College.

Career Ali served as a six-term consecutive member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Panskura Paschim from 1971 to 1996. He joined Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Communist Party of India in 1997. Later, he changed his political party again and joined All India Trinamool Congress. He was elected as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Panskura Paschim in 2011.

Death He died on 1 September 2015 at the age of 84.