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| name = Aparupa Poddar<br>{{small|''Afrin Ali''}}<br />
| birth_name = Aparupa Poddar<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|1|8}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Serampore]], West Bengal, India<br />
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arambagh]]<br />
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| term_start1 = 16 May 2014<br />
| term_end1 = 4 June 2024<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Sakti Mohan Malik]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Mitali Bag]]<br />
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| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]<br />
| spouse = Mohd. Shakir Ali<br />
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| children = 3<br />
| alma_mater = [[Hooghly Mohsin College]] [[The University of Burdwan]] ([[Master of Arts|M.A.]]) [[Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University]], Hyderabad ([[LL.B]]) ([[LL.M]])<br />
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'''Afrin Ali''' née '''Aparupa Poddar''' (born 8 January 1986) is an Indian politician and a [[member of parliament]] to the [[16th Lok Sabha|16th 17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Arambagh (Lok Sabha constituency)]], [[West Bengal]].<ref name="Aparupa Poddar">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Aparupa Poddar |url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/4844?from=members |access-date=20 July 2025 |publisher=Digital Sansad |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250720132758/https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/4844?from=members |archive-date=20 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aparupa Poddar (Afrin Ali) |url=https://prsindia.org/mptrack/17-lok-sabha/aparupa-poddar-afrin-ali |website=PRSIndia |access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref> She won the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 & 2019 Indian general election]] as an [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2529.htm?ac=29|accessdate=17 May 2014|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517163645/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2529.htm?ac=29|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Controversies==<br />
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]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Narada sting: Trinamool MP admits taking Rs 3 lakh bribe|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/narada-sting-trinamool-mp-admits-taking-rs-3-lakh-bribe/articleshow/60963863.cms}}</ref><br />
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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 caste]]s. 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Name game: Arambagh TMC candidate lands herself in trouble |url=http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx |work=Hindustan Times|location=Kolkata|date= 10 April 2014 |accessdate=13 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608140626/http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx |archivedate=8 June 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:21st-century Indian Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Politicians from Hooghly district]]<br />
[[Category:Hooghly Mohsin College alumni]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 2014–2019]]<br />
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