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{{short description|Indian politician (born c. 1974)}}
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| image = Mahua_Moitra.jpg
| caption = Moitra in Goa, 2021
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 23 May 2019
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| constituency = [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar]]
| predecessor = [[Tapas Paul]]
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| office1 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
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| term_start1 = 26 May 2016
| term_end1 = 23 May 2019
| predecessor1 = Samaredranath Ghosh
| successor1 = [[Bimalendu Sinha Roy]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|10|12|df=y}}<ref name="Profile"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=De |first1=Shobhaa |title=India is 'drunk' on Mahua: A political star is born |url=https://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/290619/india-is-drunk-on-mahua-a-political-star-is-born.html |accessdate=9 August 2020 |work=The Asian Age |date=29 June 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place = Labac, [[Cachar district|Cachar]], [[Assam]], India
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| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| alma_mater = [[Mount Holyoke College]]
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'''Mahua Moitra''' (born 12 October 1974) is an Indian politician and a [[Member of parliament]] in the [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar, West Bengal]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-mahua-moitra-5803133/ |title=Who is Mahua Moitra? |date=27 June 2019 |website=The Indian Express |access-date=28 June 2019}}</ref> She contested and won the seat in the [[2019 Indian general election]] as an [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (AITC) party candidate.<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 May 2019|title=Election Results 2019: Privacy Warrior Mahua Moitra Wins West Bengal's Krishnanagar|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/elections-2019-mahua-moitra-bengal_in_5ce5780fe4b0db9c29917531|access-date=9 February 2021|work=HuffPost|language=en}}</ref>

Moitra served as a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimpur]] from 2016 to 2019,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=967 | title=West Bengal 2016 Mahua Moitra (Winner) Karimpur | work=MyNeta | accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> and has served as the general secretary and national spokesperson of the AITC for the past few years. She was an investment banker before entering politics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ex-investment-banker-mahua-moitra-has-assets-of-over-rs-2.5-cr/1/632716.html | title=Ex-investment banker Mahua Moitra has assets of over Rs 2.5 cr | work= India Today| accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Moitra was born to Dwipendra Lal Moitra and Manjoo Moitra on 12 October 1974 in Labac in the [[Cachar district]] of [[Assam]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5049 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref> Moitra went to school in [[Kolkata]]. She graduated in economics and mathematics in 1998 from [[Mount Holyoke College]] [[South Hadley]] in [[Massachusetts]], United States.<ref name=mhc>{{cite web
|url=https://www.mtholyoke.edu/media/mahua-moitra-98-speech-decries-fascism
|title=Mahua Moitra ’98 speech decries fascism
|access-date=2021-05-09
|last=Feuerstein
|first=Christian
|date=2021-05-09
|publisher=Mount Holyoke College
}}</ref>

Moitra worked as an investment banker for [[JPMorgan Chase]] in New York City and London.<ref name="IEArchive"/>

==Political Career==
She quit her position as vice-president at [[JPMorgan Chase]] in London in 2009 to enter Indian politics.<ref name="IEArchive"/> Subsequently, she joined the [[Indian Youth Congress]], the youth wing of the [[Indian National Congress]] party where she was one of the trusted hands of [[Rahul Gandhi]] in the project "Aam Admi Ka Sipahi".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/opinion/oped/290619/india-is-drunk-on-mahua-a-political-star-is-born.html|title=India is 'drunk' on Mahua: A political star is born|first=Shobhaa|last=De|date=29 June 2019|website=The Asian Age}}</ref> In 2010, she moved to the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] party.<ref name="IEArchive">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/key-youth-cong-face-in-bengal-flirts-with-trinamool/617255/|title=Key Youth Cong face in Bengal flirts with Trinamool|last=Bhattacharya|first=Ravik|date= 11 May 2010|website=Indian Express Archives|access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref> She was elected from the [[Karimpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Karimpur]] constituency in [[Nadia district]], West Bengal in the Legislative Assembly elections held in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/assembly-constituencies/karimpur.html | title=Winner and Runner up Candidate in Karimpur assembly constituency | work=Elections.in | accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/west-bengal/karimpur-mla-results | title=Mahua Moitra Karimpur | work=NDTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311170130/https://www.ndtv.com/elections/west-bengal/karimpur-mla-results |archive-date=11 March 2017 | accessdate=5 June 2016}}</ref> She has been elected as a member of parliament to the [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Krishnanagar Election result 2019: Mahua Moitra of the TMC likely wins by 63,218 votes |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/krishnanagar-wb-election-2019-krishnanagar-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/405500 |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Times Now |date=24 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Krishnanagar (West Bengal) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Winner, Runner-Up, Live Counting on Election Commission of India ECI at eciresults.nic.in |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/krishnanagar-lok-sabha-election-results/ |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

On 13 November 2021, she was appointed as TMC party's Goa in-charge to prepare the party for contesting in the [[2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=TMC appoints Mahua Moitra as party’s Goa in-charge ahead of Assembly polls |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/goa/trinamool-congress-mahua-moitra-goa-in-charge-assembly-polls-7621320/ |access-date=13 November 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=13 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
===Lawsuits===
On 10 January 2017, Moitra filed a police complaint against [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] MP and [[Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises|Union Minister]] [[Babul Supriyo]] for allegedly "insulting her modesty" during a national television debate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tmc-mla-mahua-moitra-accuses-babul-supriyo-of-insulting-her-modesty-union-minister-laughs-it-off-2291179|title=TMC MLA Mahua Moitra accuses Babul Supriyo of insulting her modesty, Union Minister laughs it off|date=10 January 2017|website=DNA India}}</ref> The complaint was later dismissed by the [[Calcutta High Court]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=14 October 2020|title=Calcutta HC Dismisses Chargesheet against Babul Supriyo for 'Objectionable' Remarks at Mahua Moitra|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/calcutta-hc-dismisses-chargesheet-against-babul-supriyo-for-objectionable-remarks-at-mahua-moitra-2964041.html|access-date=14 December 2020|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> A few days later, Babul Supriyo sent legal notices to Moitra and TMC MPs [[Saugata Roy]] and [[Tapas Paul]] for allegedly defaming him by accusing him of being involved in the [[Rose Valley financial scandal|Rose Valley ponzi firm scam]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rose-valley-chit-fund-case-babul-supriyo-sends-defamation-notices-to-tmc-leaders-for-linking-him-to-scam-4468606/|title=Rose valley chit fund case: Babul Supriyo sends defamation notices to TMC leaders for linking him to scam|date=11 January 2017|work=Indian Express|accessdate=8 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=West Bengal MLA Mahua Moitra returns after assaulting Assam Police constable |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/aug/03/west-bengal-mla-mahua-moitra-returns-after-assaulting-assam-police-constable-1852679.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=3 August 2018}}</ref>

In January 2020, [[Zee Media|Zee media]] filed a [[Defamation|defamatory]] lawsuit against Moitra for making derogatory statements against the channel while addressing reporters. She has been granted bail and put on trial by a Delhi Court.<ref>{{Cite news|others=PTI|date=10 January 2020|title=Delhi court puts TMC MP Mahua Moitra on trial in defamation case filed by Zee Media|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/delhi-court-puts-tmc-mp-mahua-moitra-on-trial-in-defamation-case-filed-by-zee-media/article30534258.ece|access-date=2 August 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Opinions==
In December 2020, Moitra called the [[News media|press]] as "2 [[paisa]]" after which the [[List of Bengali-language television channels in India#News|local news media]] criticised her heavily and decided to [[boycott]] her.<ref>{{Cite news|title=TMC MP Mahua Moitra draws flak, media boycott for ‘2 paisa’|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/tmc-mp-mahua-moita-draws-flak-media-boycott-for-2-paisa/story-6o964yu5wy3gGFX7fu9QkI.html|access-date=9 December 2020|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Her party distanced themselves from her comments.<ref>{{Cite news|title=बुरी फंसीं सांसद महुआ मोइत्रा, मीडिया को 'दो कौड़ी' का बताने पर हो रही चौतरफा आलोचना|url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/tmc-mp-mahua-moitra-says-media-as-a-2-paisa-strongly-criticized-by-kolkata-press-club|access-date=9 December 2020|work=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Trinamool's Mahua Moitra Calls Media "Two Paisa Worth", Slammed|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/journalists-political-leaders-criticise-trinamool-congress-mp-mahua-moitra-for-comment-on-media-2336021|access-date=9 December 2020|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>

Criticising the judiciary and the current government in the parliament on 8 February 2021, Moitra stated "The sacred cow that was the judiciary is no longer sacred, It stopped being sacred the day a sitting chief justice of this country was accused of sexual harassment, presided over his own trial, cleared himself and then proceeded to accept the nomination to the upper house within three months of retirement, replete with Z+ security cover". The speech caused an uproar in the house with member of the ruling party calling it 'objectionable' and violating parliamentary rules because it mentioned a person in "high authority". Member of opposition supported the speech as it was based on facts which are matters of [[Ranjan_Gogoi#2019_Sexual_Harassment_Allegations|public record]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gunasekar |first1=Arvind |last2=Ghosh |first2=Deepshikha |title=No Action Against Trinamool's Mahua Moitra For Parliament Speech After All |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-action-against-trinamools-mahua-moitra-for-parliament-speech-after-all-2366652 |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=NDTV |date=9 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramesh |first1=Mythreyee |title=No Action Against Mahua Moitra For CJI Remark, But What Was Said? |url=https://www.thequint.com/neon/gender/mahua-moitra-speech-in-parliament-cji-ranjan-gogoi-sexual-harassment#read-more |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=TheQuint |date=10 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Parliament: Uproar in Lok Sabha after TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks on former CJI |url=https://scroll.in/latest/986345/parliament-uproar-in-lok-sabha-after-tmc-mp-mahua-moitras-remarks-on-former-cji |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=Scroll.in |date=9 February 2021}}</ref> The remarks were finally expunged from the records. On 11 February 2021, BJP leaders Nishikant Dubey and PP Chowdhary moved a privilege notice against Moitra.<ref>{{cite news |title=One more BJP MP moves privilege motion against Mahua Moitra |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/one-more-bjp-mp-moves-privilege-motion-against-mahua-moitra/article33812830.ece |access-date=16 February 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=11 February 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Moitra has said that her ex-husband was [[Danish people|Danish]], and that she had lived in [[Scandinavia]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 July 2019|title=Interview of Mahua Moitra by Sheela Bhatt, NewsX, 4 July 2019|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyGHPgNlJQ&t=17m33s|url-status=live|access-date=19 September 2020|via=YouTube|publisher=NewsX}}</ref> She hails from a [[Hindu]] [[Brahmin]] family. She has a sister.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yadav |first1=Puneet Nicholas |title=BJP Succeeded In Creating Impression Of 'Nameless, Faceless Enemy' Coming For Hindus: Mahua Moitra |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-bjp-succeeded-in-creating-impression-of-nameless-faceless-enemy-coming-for-hindus-mahua-moitra/333167 |accessdate=26 September 2020 |work=Outlook |date=28 June 2019|quote=I am a Hindu and neither I nor anyone from my family, ever felt it necessary to assert or to tattoo the fact on our foreheads that we are Hindus or Brahmins.}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5049 Lok Sabha Member Profile]
*[http://www.wbassembly.gov.in/ West Bengal Legislative Assembly]
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