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Some highs, some lows in record for women MLAs
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[Indian Express] - In Malerkotla, where the contest was between the wives of two high-profile cops, one retired and one serving, Farzana Khatoon, wife of former DGP Izhar Alam, beat Razia Sultana, wife of ADGP Mohammad Mustafa.
Google News: Women fare well! 14 make it to 14th Punjab assembly
[Hindustan Times] - However, there were some prominent women candidates including finance minister Upinderjit Kaur of SAD, Harbans Kaur Dullo, wife of ex-president of PPCC Shamsher Singh Dullo and three-time MLA Razia Sultana who lost the election.
State gets its first non-Punjabi MLA in Farzana
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[Indian Express] - The 14th Vidhan Sabha of the state is set to welcome its first non-Punjabi MLA, Farzana Alam — hailing from Bijnore district of Uttar Pradesh — defeated Congress' Razia Sultana in Malerkotla in the January 30 polls. She is married to former state DGP
14 women candidates enter Punjab Assembly
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[Zee News] - Farzana Alam of SAD and wife of DGP (retd) Mohmmad Izar Alam outpassed wife of ADGP Mohammad Mustafa, a sitting MLA Razia Sultana of the Congress. Karan Kaur of Congress, who is a relative of former chief minister Harcharan Singh Brar, pocketed Muktsar
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