Pooja Pal

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Raju Pal
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(died 2005)​

Pooja Pal
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2022
Parent
  • Amrit Lal Pal (father)
Alma mater Swami Vivekanand Subharti University [ citation needed ]
ProfessionAgriculture

Pooja Pal is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party. She was the wife of then Allahabad West MLA Raju Pal who was gunned down in broad daylight after defeating Mohammad Ashraf in the 2004 elections for the seat.

Subsequently, Mohammad Ashraf, who was named as the prime accused in the murder [2] became the MLA. However, in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, Ashraf was defeated by Pooja Pal.

Pooja Pal has also filed a request for a CBI investigation into the murder of Raju Pal. [3] When she nominated herself as a Samajwadi Party candidate from Chail in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, she mentioned her husband's name as Brijesh Verma, [4] [5] [6] then her inter-caste [7] marriage became public. She was elected on Samajwadi Party ticket from Chail in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

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  2. ↑ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls : Gangsters join race for UP Assembly". Sify . April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
  3. ↑ "Let CBI probe Raju Pal murder: new government". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 16 November 2007.
  4. ↑ "विधानसभा चुनाव : करोड़पति हैं पूर्व विधायक पूजा पाल, चार आपराधिक केस हैं दर्ज, बृजेश वर्मा को बताया पति". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "UP Election 2022: सपा उम्मीदवार पूजा पाल की दूसरी शादी के रहस्य से हटा परदा, पति का नाम किया उजागर - UP Election 2022 Know about Chail SP candidate Pooja Pal second marriage and who is husband". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Pooja Pal(Samajwadi Party(SP)):Constituency- CHAIL(KAUSHAMBI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ↑ NagmaniSharma (9 February 2022). "पूजा पाल के अंर्तजातीय पुर्नविवाह पर विवाद क्यों?". गौरी किरण. Retrieved 16 November 2024.


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