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Aparupa Poddar (politician)

Aparupa Poddar (politician)

Indian politician

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]

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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. [1]
    "Members: Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali)". PRSIndia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Narada sting: Trinamool MP admits taking Rs 3 lakh bribe".
  5. [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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