TMC MP Mahua Moitra gets married to former BJD member Pinaki Mishra

Mahua Moitra, a member of the Trinamool Congress, confirmed her marriage to Pinaki Mishra, a former member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), on Thursday.

TMC MP Mahua Moitra gets married to former BJD member Pinaki Mishra

New Delhi (India) June 6: In a private ceremony on May 30, Mahua Moitra, MP of the Trinamool Congress married Pinaki Misra, MP of the Biju Janata Dal in Germany.The wedding has now surfaced through photographs after being kept secret by both leaders and their respective parties.

According to a photo, Moitra is wearing a traditional saree with heavy gold jewellery. The photo also suggests that the wedding was a private and formal affair.

Mahua Moitra poster, “Thank you everyone for the love and good wishes!! So grateful," in a post on X in which she also shared a photograph. The photo shows the couple cutting a cake.

Ms. Moitra was a former investment banker who is now a politician. She is presently representing Krishnanagar, West Bengal, in Parliament for the second consecutive term.

She became famous throughout the country for her fiery speeches, especially the one in which she pointed out the "seven signs of fascism" in Parliament.

Mahua returned to the Parliament in 2024. She was removed from the House in 2023 due to accusations that she had accepted "cash" and "gifts" from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for asking questions in Parliament. 

Mahua Moitra has denied taking bribes. She said she had given the businessman's employees the login details so they could type out her parliamentary questions on the official website.

Pinaki Mishra is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court. He was a Member of Parliament from Puri, Odisha for four terms. He had been married before to Sangeeta Misra, with whom he has two children.

He graduated with degrees in law from Delhi University and history from St. Stephen's College in Delhi. In 1996, Misra won the Puri seat after starting his political career with the Congress Party.

The union of the two seasoned politicians has attracted a lot of interest and well wishes on social media and from people of all political parties.

TMC Lok Sabha MP Saayoni Ghosh posted, "Congratulations Mm & Pm...Mahua Moitra, Pinaki Misra, wishing you a lifetime of love and laughter!” on X to congratulate the couple.

Aadrika Tayal