Sofia Firdaus (born 1992) is an Indian politician and a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Barabati-Cuttack. She is a member of the Indian National Congress.[1][2][3] She is the first woman from the Muslim community to get elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Odisha.[4]
Sofia Firdous | |
|---|---|
| Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Moquim |
| Constituency | Barabati-Cuttack |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Parent | Mohammed Moquim |
| Alma mater | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (B.Tech) Indian Institute of Management Bangalore |
Early life and education
editSofia hails from Cuttack and is the daughter of former Congress MLA Mohammed Moquim.[5] She married Sheikh Mairajul Haque. She got schooling from St. Joseph's Girl's High School, Cuttack and Ravenshaw Junior College. Later, she earned a Bachelor of Technology. in Civil Engineering at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, affiliated with KIIT University, Bhubaneswar in 2013. She also did an Executive General Management program at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in 2022.[6][7]
She was managing the Real estate business after her studies and was also the president of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai) Bhubaneswar chapter.[8]
Career
editSofia made her political debut from the Barabati-Cuttack Assembly constituency in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election defeating Purna Chandra Mahapatra of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 8,001 votes.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Barabati-Cuttack Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin". News18. 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ "Barabati-Cuttack, Odisha Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: INC's Sofia Firdous defeats BJP's Purna Chandra Mahapatra with 8116 votes". India Today. 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ "Election commission of india".
- ^ a b "Sofia Firdous becomes first ever Muslim woman MLA in Odisha". The Siasat Daily. 2024-06-05. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ "Sofia Firdous(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- BARABATI-CUTTACK(CUTTACK) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/CandidateCustomFilter?_token=DQVMsxtbpI1vru0XTGskHpeIytvAqnKtGJSCfPFP&electionType=24-PC-GENERAL-1-46&election=24-AC-GENERAL-3-47&states=S18&constId=90&page=2
- ^ "Sofia Firdous: Odisha's first Muslim woman MLA, an IIM graduate, scripts history". The Economic Times. 2024-06-09. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "IIM passout Sofia Firdous, 32, is Odisha's first Muslim woman MLA". The Times of India. 2024-06-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-11.