| Office | Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
|---|---|
| Office | Minority Morcha Vice-president of West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Office | Vice-president of the BJP West Bengal unit of the BJP
|
| Term start | 2001 |
| Term end | 2011 |
| Predecessor | Dwijendra Nath Roy
|
| Predecessor | Dilip Ghosh
|
| Constituency | Kumarganj
|
| Born | Fulbari, West Bengal, India
|
| Nationality | Indian
|
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party
|
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 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
- ↑ BJP's first-ever Muslim woman candidate says Muslims want Modi. The Tribune (India)(21 April 2019).
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission.
- ↑ General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal. Election Commission.
- ↑ BJP names first Muslim candidate in Bengal; she will take on Pranab's son. Hindustan Times(23 March 2019).
- ↑ Mafuja Khatun: BJP's Muslim pick gears up to take on Pranab Mukherjee's son, outsider tag. The Indian Express(April 19, 2019).