Agnimitra Paul is an Indian

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turned politician who serves as the Member of the

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from Asansol South and as the President of the West Bengal unit of BJP Mahila Morcha. Prior to entering politics she was a

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-based

Personal life

Agnimitra Paul was born into a family of doctors and academics. Her father Dr. Ashok Roy is a

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in Asansol. She completed her schooling from Loreto Convent and Asansol Girls' College. She completed her bachelor's degree in Botany (Honours) in Banwarilal Bhalotia College. She is married to Partho Paul, an entrepreneur. They have two children.

Career in fashion

Paul as a fashion designer, designed clothes for several Bollywood films such as '' Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche'' and '' Via Darjeeling''. She has designed costumes and personal wardrobes for Mithun Chakraborthy,

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, Shonal Rawat,

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and

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. She started her own fashion label "Inga" across many cities in India. Paul also designed for the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2013. Former US Secretary of State

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was presented with shawls and blankets that Paul designed.

Political career

Paul joined the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

in March 2019. In 2020, Paul became the

BJP Mahila Morcha BJP Mahila Morcha, or simply Mahila Morcha ( IPA: Mahilā Mōrcā, ), is the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. Vanathi Srinivasan, former Tamil Nadu BJP Unit Vice president and current Member of the Tamil Nadu Legis ...

president of

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succeeding Locket Chatterjee. As the BJP Mahila Morcha president, she organised self-defence training workshop called "Uma" for women across 23 districts in the state. She defeated TMC's

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in the

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from Asansol Dakshin Vidhan Sabha.

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