Agnimitra Paul

• Name — Agnimitra Paul • Office — Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal • Governor — R. N. Ravi • 1namedata — Suvendu Adhikari • 1blankname — Chief Minister • 2blankname — Departments • 2namedata — Urban Development & Municipal Affairs • Term Start — 9 May 2026 • Predecessor — Firhad Hakim • Office1 — Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly • Term Start1 — 2 May 2021 • Constituency1 — Asansol Dakshin • Predecessor1 — Tapas Banerjee • Office2 — Vice-President of BJP West Bengal • Term Start2 — 7 January 2026 • Office3 — General Secretary of BJP West Bengal • Term Start3 — 22 December 2021 • Term End3 — 7 January 2026 • Office4 — President of BJP Mahila Morcha, West Bengal • Term Start4 — 1 June 2020 • Term End4 — 22 December 2021 • Predecessor4 — Locket Chatterjee • Successor4 — Tanuja Chakraborty • Birth Name — Agnimitra Roy • Born — 25 November 1974 • Birthplace — Asansol, West Bengal, India • Spouse — Partho Paul • Children — 2 sons • Party — Bharatiya Janata Party (2019–present) • Occupation — * Fashion designer • Politician • Alma Mater — * B. B. College (B.Sc. Botany (Honours)) • Jadavpur University (MBA) • Birla Institute of Liberal Arts and Management Sciences (Fashion Technology)

Agnimitra Paul was born in Asansol, West Bengal, into a family of doctors and academics. Her father, Ashok Roy, is a pediatrician. She was educated at Loreto Convent, Asansol, and then at Asansol Girls' College. She then completed her bachelor's degree in Botany (Hons.) from Banwarilal Bhalotia College, Asansol. Later, she earned an MBA from Jadavpur University. She also holds a diploma in Fashion Designing. She is married to Partho Paul, an entrepreneur. They have two children.

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

Paul joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 March 2019. In 2020, Paul became the BJP Mahila Morcha president of West Bengal succeeding Locket Chatterjee. As the BJP Mahila Morcha president, she organised self-defence training workshop called "Uma" for women across 23 districts in the state. On 22 December 2021, she was appointed the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal and was succeeded by Tanuja Chakraborty as the President of the BJP Mahila Morcha. She defeated TMC's Saayoni Ghosh in the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election from Asansol Dakshin Vidhan Sabha. Paul contested in the 2022 Lok Sabha by-elections from the Asansol constituency but lost to actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha. Later she contested in the 2024 Indian general election in West Bengal from Medinipur constituency but lost to actor-politician June Malia. On 7 January 2026, she was appointed the vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal. In 2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, she retained the Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency seat with a commanding margin of 40,839 votes against Trinamool Congress candidate Tapas Banerjee. Asansol North MLA, Agnimitra Paul, one of the prominent women faces of the BJP in West Bengal, has been entrusted with the Women and Child Welfare portfolio in the newly formed Bengal government led by Suvendu Adhikari. Her appointment is being seen as a strategic move by the BJP as it sharpens its focus on women-centric welfare, safety, and empowerment initiatives in Bengal.