Mafuja Khatun | |
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![]() Mafuja Khatun | |
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2001–2011 | |
Preceded by | Dwijendra Nath Roy |
Constituency | 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]
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]
Mafuja Khatun | |
---|---|
![]() Mafuja Khatun | |
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2001–2011 | |
Preceded by | Dwijendra Nath Roy |
Constituency | 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]
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]