Mafuja Khatun is an Indian politician who is the current Vice-president of Bharatiya Janata Party of West Bengal since from 2019.

Mafuja Khatun
Mafuja Khatun
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2001–2011
Preceded byDwijendra Nath Roy
ConstituencyKumarganj
Minority Morcha Vice-president of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party
In office
2017–2019
Preceded byDilip Ghosh
 Vice-president of the BJP West Bengal unit of the BJP  
Assumed office
2019 -
PresidentDilip Ghosh
Personal details
BornFulbari, West Bengal, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
ResidenceBerhampore

Khatun is the first Muslim woman fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party for Lok Sabha.[1]

Career

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In the 2006[2] and 2001[3] state assembly elections, Mafuza Khatun won the Kumarganj assembly seat from CPI(M) by defeating her nearest rivals Ahmad Ali Sardar and Nani Gopal Roy, both of Trinamool Congress respectively.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, she was the Bharatiya Janata Party[4] nominated candidate for Jangipur.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Choudhury, Shubhadeep (21 April 2019). "BJP's first-ever Muslim woman candidate says Muslims want Modi". The Tribune (India). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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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