Agnimitra Paul

Agnimitra Paul (née Roy; born 25 November 1974) is an Indian fashion designer and politician who serves as the Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Asansol Dakshin.^[1] She also served as the President of the West Bengal unit of BJP Mahila Morcha.^[2] Prior to entering politics she was a Kolkata-based fashion designer.

Agnimitra Paul
Paul in 2013
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2021
Preceded by	Tapas Banerjee
Constituency	Asansol Dakshin
General Secretary, BJP West Bengal
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
President of the BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal
In office 2020–2021
Preceded by	Locket Chatterjee
Succeeded by	Tanuja Chakraborty
Personal details
Born	Agnimitra Roy (1974-11-25) 25 November 1974 (age 51) Asansol, Bardhaman district (now in Paschim Bardhaman), West Bengal, India
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2019–present)
Spouse	Partho Paul
Children	2 sons
Parent	Dr. Ashok Roy (father)
Alma mater	TDB College (MBA) Birla Institute of Liberal Arts and Management Sciences (Fashion tech)
Occupation	Fashion designer Politician

Personal life

Paul was born into a family of doctors and academics. Her father Dr. Ashok Roy is a paediatrician in Asansol. She completed her schooling from Loreto Convent and Asansol Girls' College. She completed her bachelor's degree in botany (Honours) in Banwarilal Bhalotia College.

She is married to Partho Paul, an entrepreneur.^[3] They have two children.

Career in fashion

Paul as a fashion designer, designed clothes for several Bollywood films such as Koi Mere Dil Se Pooche and Via Darjeeling.^[4]

She has designed costumes and personal wardrobes for Mithun Chakraborthy, Sridevi, Esha Deol, Shonal Rawat, Kay Kay Menon, Sonali Kulkarni, Vinay Pathak and Parvin Dabas.^[5][6]

She started her own fashion label "Inga" across many cities in India. Paul also designed for the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2013.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was presented with shawls and blankets that Paul designed.^[6]

Political career

Paul joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 March 2019.^[7]

In 2020, Paul became the BJP Mahila Morcha president of West Bengal succeeding Locket Chatterjee.^[8] As the BJP Mahila Morcha president, she organised self-defence training workshop called "Uma" for women across 23 districts in the state.^[9]

She defeated TMC's Saayoni Ghosh in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Asansol Dakshin Vidhan Sabha.^[10][11]

Paul contested in the 2022 Lok Sabha by-elections from the Asansol constituency but lost to actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha.^[12] Later she contested in the 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal from Medinipur constituency but lost to actor-politician June Malia.^[13]