Aparupa Poddar
Afrin Ali
Constituency: Arambagh
Born Name: Aparupa Poddar
Date of Birthday: 08 January 1986
Place of Birth: Chandan Nagar, Hooghly, West Bengal
Political party: All India Trinamool Congress
Educational Qualifications: M.A. (English), LL.B.
Educated at: Hyderabad Open University and Mohsin Hooghly College, Burdwan University
Profession: Advocate, Businessperson, Social Worker, Politician
Marital Status: Married
Date of Marriage: 09 Aug 2007
Spouse's Name: Md. Shakir Ali
No. of Sons: 1
No.of Daughters: 1
Parents: Shri Radha Gobindo Poddar, Smt. Shyamali Poddar
Permanent Address: 28, Gandhi Sarak, P.O. Rishra, P.S. Serampore, Distt. Hooghly-712248, West Bengal
Tel : (033) 26722674, 09830011147 (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. She won the 2014 & 2019 Indian general election as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.
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.
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.
