1. Mahua Moitra won the 2019 Indian general election as an Trinamool Congress party candidate from Krishnanagar and served as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2023 until being expelled.
27 Facts About Mahua Moitra
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Mahua Moitra was re-elected to parliament in the 2024 Indian general election.
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Mahua Moitra was noticed nationally and internationally for her 'Early signs of fasicism' speech address to Indian Parliament.
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On 13 November 2023, Mahua Moitra was appointed AITC District President of Krishnanagar.
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Mahua Moitra was an investment banker at JPMorgan Chase before entering politics.
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Mahua Moitra was disqualified and expelled from the Lok Sabha on 8 December 2023 following recommendation of Lok Sabha Ethics Committee in cash-for-query case for sharing her login and password of NIC portal.
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Mahua Moitra was born to Dwipendra Lal Mahua Moitra on 12 October 1974 in Labac in the Cachar district of Assam.
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Mahua Moitra graduated in economics and mathematics in 1998 from Mount Holyoke College South Hadley in Massachusetts, United States.
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Mahua Moitra worked as an investment banker for JPMorgan Chase in New York City and London.
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Mahua Moitra quit her position as vice-president at JPMorgan Chase in London in 2009 to enter Indian politics.
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Mahua Moitra was elected from the Karimpur constituency in Nadia district, West Bengal in the Legislative Assembly elections held in 2016.
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Mahua Moitra has been elected as a member of parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Krishnanagar, West Bengal.
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Mahua Moitra won the Lok Sabha elections of 2024 by a margin of 44,000 plus votes and returned to parliament with a decisive victory.
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On 26 June 2019, Mahua Moitra pointed out "seven early signs of fascism", which she said were present in India under Narendra Modi's government.
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Mahua Moitra said that constitution on which every MP had sworn to protect was under threat.
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On 7 April 2022, Mahua Moitra argued in the parliament that the Criminal Procedure Bill, 2022 is even more intrusive than colonial surveillance laws in India.
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Mahua Moitra has been one of the most vocal critics of Gautam Adani, his connection to Narendra Modi and the government.
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Mahua Moitra had raised alarm before the reports had come up on international news about the suspicious profile of the Adani Group.
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On 14 October 2023, BJP MP from Jharkhand Nishikant Dubey and Supreme Court advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai sent a complaint to CBI with an FIR against Mahua Moitra and submitted a copy to the speaker Om Birla and their Ethics Committee in Lok Sabha.
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Mahua Moitra denied these allegations and stated that she welcomes any kind of enquiry from CBI and parliamentary ethics committee.
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Mahua Moitra admitted that she had shared her NIC portal login details with Hiranandani who was a friend and other people related to her own office, a common occurrence among MPs according to her.
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Mahua Moitra claimed that Hiranandani made these allegations either under duress or for reward and anyone who spoke against the Adani-Modi nexus was being targeted.
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On 10 January 2017, Mahua Moitra filed a police complaint against then Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Union Minister Babul Supriyo for allegedly "insulting her modesty" during a national television debate.
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Mahua Moitra was granted bail and put on trial by a Delhi Court.
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Mahua Moitra later won the case and the charges against her were dismissed while the case she had filed has remained pending.
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Mahua Moitra was married to Danish financier Lars Brorson, with whom she later divorced.
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Mahua Moitra was in a relationship with advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai for about three years.