Brinda Karat (b. 1948) is a communist politician from India. She was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) on April 11, 2005 for West Bengal. Karat, also recently became the first woman to be a member of the CPI(M) Politburo. She has also been the general secretary of the All India Democratic Women's Association for the last ten years. Wikipedia
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