Aparupa Poddar (politician)

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	Aparupa Poddar, TMC, Winner from Arambagh, West Bengal

Aparupa Poddar
*Afrin Ali*
Aparupa Poddar; Afrin Ali
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2014–2024
Preceded by	Sakti Mohan Malik
Succeeded by	Mitali Bag
Constituency	Arambagh
Personal details
Born	Aparupa Poddar; 8 January 1986 (age 38); Serampore, West Bengal, India
Political party	All India Trinamool Congress
Spouse	Mohd. Shakir Ali
Children	3
Residence(s)	28, Gandhi Sarak, Rishra, Serampore - 712248, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	Hooghly 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

^ "Members: Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ "Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)". PRSIndia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ "Narada sting: Trinamool MP admits taking Rs 3 lakh bribe".
^ "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.

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[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.

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