Brinda Karat

Brinda Karat (Bengali: বৃন্দা কারাট) (born 17 October 1947) is a communist politician from India, elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) member, on 11 April 2005 for West Bengal.

In 2005, she became the first woman member of the CPI(M) Politburo. She has also been the general secretary of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) from 1993 to 2004, and thereafter its Vice-President.

Biography

Childhood and education

Brinda Karat was born in Calcutta, where she spent her early childhood in a family of four siblings, including one brother and three sisters. Her father was Sooraj Lal Das. She lost her mother Oshrukona Mitra, at the age of five. She has a sister, Radhika Roy who is married to Prannoy Roy.

Brinda was educated at the elite Welham Girls School in Dehradun and, at 16, went on to do her B.A. Degree at Miranda House, a college affiliated to the University of Delhi. In 1971, she enrolled for her M.A.in History at the University of Calcutta

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Yahoo Daily News 19 Jul 2018

Video Editor. Purnendu Pritam ... The bill has received acceptance only in the Rajya Sabha, thus far. The Bill’s journey witnessed a historic moment in 2010 when three women from rival parties – Sonia Gandhi, Brinda Karat and Sushma Swaraj – stood united against the three Yadavs – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Sharad Yadav, who have all, till date, been in opposition to the Bill ... The Congress offers him its unconditional support ... ... ....

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Celebs, activists took to Twitter to condemn saffron terrorism

The Siasat Daily 18 Jul 2018

NEW DELHI. From celebs to political leaders to activists to journalists everyone have condemned the attack on well-known social activist Swami Agnivesh by the right-wing fringe groups. On Tuesday, the 79-year-old Arya Samaj scholar and former Member of Legislative Assembly was brutally assaulted by BJYM and ABVP activists in broad daylight in Jharkhand’s Pakur district ... Actor Prakash Raj ... #justasking ... Brinda Karat who was in Ranchi said ... ....

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Celebs, leaders took to Twitter to condemn saffron terrorism

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Swami Agnivesh attacked: Prakash Raj, Kailash Satyarthi condemn saffron terrorism

International Business Times 18 Jul 2018

Twitter. Several political figures, as well as celebrities, have condemned saffron terrorism after activist Swami Agnivesh was beaten up by the right-wing fringe group. Swami Agnivesh is an Arya Samaj scholar, a social activist and former Member of Legislative Assembly from the Indian state of Haryana ... He was attending an event in Pakur in Jharkhand on Tuesday ... Police have detained the protesters ... Brinda Karat who was in Ranchi said ... News....

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Maneka’s directive aimed to malign Mother Teresa: Brinda Karat

The Times of India 17 Jul 2018

CPI (M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Tuesday said Union woman and child development minister Maneka Gandhi’s directive to inspect all homes run by Nirmal Hriday across the country a deliberate ploy to malign Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity. Karat, a former Parliamentarian and ......

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Protecting lynch mobs part of BJP’s agenda: Opposition

The Times of India 09 Jul 2018

NEW DELHI. Opposition parties on Sunday targeted the Centre over garlanding of eight convicts in the Ramgarh lynching case by Union minister Jayant Sinha after they were released on bail ... CPM leader Brinda Karat called this a shocking incident which showed that the ruling dispensation was disinterested in delivering justice to the families of victims of lynch mobs ... Now the roles are reversed. That is Twitter ... You can never win.” ... ....

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Jayant Sinha draws Opposition's ire for garlanding convicts in Ramgarh lynching case: Who said what

DNA India 08 Jul 2018

Sinha has stoked a controversy by felicitating the convicts, with opposition terming it a "despicable" and "unfortunate" act ... Brinda Karat, CPI-M. Karat said that the Union Minister's move shows that the ruling dispensation is not interested in giving any kind of justice to the victims of lynchings ... Kapil Sibal Brinda Karat Sitaram Yechury Ashok Gehlot Yashwant Sinha Giriraj Singh Jayant Sinha Jharkhand lynching....

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Meenakshi Lekhi's comments show callous mindset of govt: women activists

The Times of India 03 Jul 2018

NEW DELHI ... Woman activist and CPIM leader Brinda Karat said Lekhi's comments show the "callous mindset" of the BJP ... She may or may not agree with the survey but she cannot question the figures of her own government which shows huge increase in last three years of rape of minor children and women," Karat told PTI. "And instead of answering this, she is blaming media." ... I hold her accountable ... ....

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'She sorted it out herself,' BJP on trolls targeting Sushma Swaraj

The Times of India 03 Jul 2018

NEW DELHI ... "She has sorted out the matter herself," BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said while addressing the media ... Woman activist and CPM leader Brinda Karat said Lekhi's comments show the "callous mindset" of the BJP ... She may or may not agree with the survey but she cannot question the figures of her own government which shows a huge increase in last three years of rape of minor children and women," Karat told PTI ... ....

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Association of Malayalam Movie Artists row: CPM attempts balancing act

The Times of India 30 Jun 2018

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ... Though some of the members of CPM state secretariat, including ministers Thomas Isaac and K K Shailaja, and PB members M A Baby and Brinda Karat, hailed the boldness of the actors in public, the topmost decision-making body of the party in Kerala decided to ignore decision taken by the rape survivor, Rima Kallingal, Geethu Mohandas and Remya Nambeesan to walk out of the association ... ....

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AMMA humiliated State’s people: Brinda

The Hindu 29 Jun 2018

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat has said that the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) has humiliated Kerala and its people by reinducting actor Dileep into the film body ... Karat criticised the film body for being a platform of male chauvinists ... Karat called upon ......

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Actors' body faces wrath of politicians

The Times of India 29 Jun 2018

While K K Shailaja, minister for health and social justice, made clear her stance through a Facebook post on Wednesday night, fisheries minister JMercykutty Amma on Thursday morning taunted people's representatives from the LDF, who are members of AMMAfor being silent.By evening, politburo member Brinda Karat delivered a strong statement, “Wedo notexpect anybody with commitment to the Left ideology to support such acts” ... ....

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KWC chairperson detests AMMA in reinstating accused, WCC writes to AMMA

The Times of India 28 Jun 2018

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ... Now, members of Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) have written a letter to AMMA against the decision to reinstate Dileep in AMMA and have sought to convene a meeting on July 13 or July 14 ... The case is still in the court and the actor still stands accused ... CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat said, “It is unfortunate and disappointing, how an association of movie artists can take such a stand, it is not a party” ... ....

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