Aparupa Poddar

Afrin Ali (Aparupa Poddar) (born on 8 January 1986) is an Indian politician and a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal. She won the 2014 Indian general election as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.[1]

Afrin Ali
Member of the India Parliament
for Arambagh
Assumed office
2014
Preceded bySakti Mohan Malik
Personal details
Born (1986-01-08) 8 January 1986
Chandannagar, West Bengal, India
Political partyTrinamool Congress
Spouse(s)Mohd. Shakir Ali
Children3 son
Residence28, Gandhi Sarak, Rishra, Serampore - 712248, West Bengal, India
Alma materHooghly Mohsin College The University of Burdwan (M.A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad (LL.B)

Controversies

The allegations relating to the first controversy, regarding financial corruption, were confirmed to be true on 05-Oct-2017, when she confessed that she had taken a bribe from Narada News boss Mathew Samuel as part of Narada sting operation.[2]

The allegations regarding the second controversy are regarding her religion. Born into a Hindu family and named Aparupa Poddar at birth, she converted to Islam and married a Muslim man. She then stood for election from a parliamentary constituency which is reserved for those belonging to the scheduled castes. The Bharatiya Janata Party duly lodged a complaint with the Election Commission seeking cancellation of her candidature on the plea that she had converted to Islam and hence she did not belong to a scheduled caste. Aparupa Poddar then claimed, that she had changed her name but not her religion.[3]

References
  1. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. "Narada sting: Trinamool MP admits taking Rs 3 lakh bribe".
  3. "Name game: Arambagh TMC candidate lands herself in trouble". Hindustan Times, Kolkata, 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
External video
Aparupa Poddar, TMC, Winner from Arambagh, West Bengal


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