Aparajita Goppi is an Indian politician. In 2013 she became a
Central Committee
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member of the
All India Forward Bloc
The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...
. As of 2009 she was a secretariat member of the party in
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
. As of 2000 she was the highest-ranking woman in the party in the state.
She is the chairwoman of the All India Agragami Mahila Samity, the women's wing of the party. She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal between 1977 and 1991.
As a student at
Suniti Academy
, motto_translation = From darkness to light
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, state = West Bengal
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in
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar (), or Koch Bihar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. It is in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas at . Cooch Behar is the only planned city in the ...
she led students in struggle for the right to observe
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945
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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%). She contested and won the same seat in the 1977 assembly election. She obtained 32,792 votes (63.07%). 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%).
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Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal
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References
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All India Forward Bloc politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982
Women in West Bengal politics
Living people
21st-century Indian women politicians
21st-century Indian politicians
West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987