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Aparupa Poddar (politician)

Aparupa Poddar
Afrin Ali
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2014–2024
Preceded bySakti Mohan Malik
Succeeded byMitali Bag
ConstituencyArambagh
Personal details
Born
Aparupa Poddar

(1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38)
Serampore, West Bengal, India
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
SpouseMohd. Shakir Ali
Children3
Residence(s)28, 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) (LL.M)

Afrin Ali née Aparupa Poddar (born 8 January 1986) is an Indian politician and a member of parliament to the 16th 17th Lok Sabha from Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal.[1][2] She won the 2014 & 2019 Indian general election as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.[3]

Controversies

The allegations relating to the first controversy, regarding financial corruption, were confirmed to be true on 5 October 2017, when she confessed that she had taken a bribe from Narada News boss Mathew Samuel as part of Narada sting operation.[4]

The allegations regarding the second controversy are regarding her religion. Born into a Hindu family and named Aparupa Poddar at birth, she 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 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.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Members: Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)". PRSIndia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Narada sting: Trinamool MP admits taking Rs 3 lakh bribe".
  5. ^ "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 videos
video icon Aparupa Poddar, TMC, Winner from Arambagh, West Bengal


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrin_Ali