Template:Update Aparajita Goppi is an Indian politician. In 2013 she became a Central Committee member of the All India Forward Bloc.[1] As of 2009 she was a secretariat member of the party in West Bengal.[2] As of 2000 she was the highest-ranking woman in the party in the state.[3] She is the chairwoman of the All India Agragami Mahila Samity, the women's wing of the party.[4] She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal between 1977 and 1991.
As a student at Suniti Academy in Cooch Behar she led students in struggle for the right to observe Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's birthday.[5]
Goppi contested the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from the Cooch Behar North seat. She finished in second place with 19,846 votes (40.07%).[6] She contested and won the same seat in the 1977 assembly election. She obtained 32,792 votes (63.07%).[7] Goppi retained the Cooch Behar North seat in 1982, getting 46,810 votes (57.15%), and in the 1987 election, obtaining 49,172 votes (54.74%).[8][9]
References
- ↑ All India Forward Block. Central Committee - She was unanimously elected in the 17th Party Congress Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Cracks show up in Left Front, Bloc raises pitch. Indian Express(6 February 2009).
- ↑ The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. SAGE Publications(24 January 2005). ISBN 978-0-7619-3242-0
- ↑ All India Agragami Mahila Samity. Central Committee Template:Webarchive
- ↑ The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Institute of Historical Studies(2004)
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1977 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1982 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal
- ↑ Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal