Brinda Karat

Brinda Karat (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 Womens Association (AIDWA) from 1993 to 2004, and thereafter its Vice-President.

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