Meet Sofia Firdous, first Muslim woman to win assembly election in Odisha
7 months ago

Meet Sofia Firdous, first Muslim woman to win assembly election in Odisha

Hindustan Times  

The Congress may have been a distant third in the recently-held Odisha assembly election, but the grand old party created history as it is now the first party in the state to have a Muslim woman as a legislative assembly member. Sofia Firdous In what marked her electoral debut, Sofia Firdous of the Congress was elected MLA from the Barabati-Cuttack seat, defeating BJP's Purna Chandra Mahapatra by a margin of 8001 votes. Last year, Sofia Firdous was elected as the president of the Bhubaneswar wing of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India. Sofia, whose total assets stand at around ₹five crore and who has liabilities of nearly ₹28 lakh, is married to Sheikh Mairajul Haque, an entrepreneur.

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