Pooja Pal
Pooja Pal | |
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| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sanjay Kumar |
| Constituency | Chail |
| In office 2007–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Khalid Azim |
| Succeeded by | Sidharth Nath Singh |
| Constituency | Allahabad West |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1979 Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse(s) | Brijesh Verma |
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| Alma mater | Swami Vivekanand Subharti University |
| Profession | Agriculture |
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 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. 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, then her inter-caste marriage became public. She was elected on Samajwadi Party ticket from Chail in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.