Mafuja Khatun
Mafuja Khatun | |
|---|---|
Kumarganj | |
| Minority Morcha Vice-president of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| In office 2017–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Dilip Ghosh |
| Vice-president of the BJP West Bengal unit of the BJP | |
| Assumed office 2019 - | |
| President | Dilip Ghosh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fulbari, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Residence | Berhampore |
Mafuja Khatun is an Indian politician who is the current Vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party of West Bengal since from 2019.
Khatun is the first Muslim woman fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party for Lok Sabha.[1]
Career
In the
Trinamool Congress
respectively.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, she was the
Jangipur.[5]
References
- ^ Choudhury, Shubhadeep (21 April 2019). "BJP's first-ever Muslim woman candidate says Muslims want Modi". The Tribune (India). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Snigdhendu (23 March 2019). "BJP names first Muslim candidate in Bengal; she will take on Pranab's son". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Ghosh, Abantika (19 April 2019). "Mafuja Khatun: BJP's Muslim pick gears up to take on Pranab Mukherjee's son, outsider tag". The Indian Express. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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