Nita Deerpalsing
नीता दीरपालसिंग
Member of Parliament
for Belle Rose & Quatre Bornes
In office
5 May 2005 – 15 October 2014
Preceded bySushil Kushiram
Succeeded byRoshi Bhadain
Majority16,122 (2.623%)[1]
Personal details
Born (1965-01-25) 25 January 1965
Beau-Bassin, Mauritius
Political partyLabour Party (Mauritius)
OccupationConsultant

Kumaree Rajeshree Deerpalsing, (born नीता दीरपालसिंग on 25 January 1965), also known as Nita Deerpalsing, is a Mauritian politician.

Political career

Nita Deerpalsing was a Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2014.[2] She was elected in Constituency No. 18 (Belle Rose & Quatre Bornes) at the 2005 and 2010 general elections.[3] At the 2014 general elections she was not elected when she was Labour Party (Mauritius) candidate of the PTR-MMM coalition.[4]

She was also Deputy Chairman of Committees in parliament and the Director of Communications of the Mauritius Labour Party as well as the Chairman of the Committee of the Economic Democratization of the Prime Minister's office.[5]

Her involvement in active politics started in 2003 after her return to Mauritius after having been an Actuarial Consultant in Canada.

Controversies

In 2001, her intervention against dislodging a street vendor caused a controversy [6]

Paul Bérenger publicly insulted Nita Deerpalsing in the National Assembly in August 2008.[7] She had expressed support for then Attorney General Rama Valayden, when Bérenger as Opposition Leader retorted with sexist comments rode ene mari pou li marié do! (meaning "go find her a husband so she can finally get married"), given that Nita Deepalsing was single. Rajesh Bhagwan, Paul Bérenger's supporter, tried to justify Bérenger's insults on the basis that he could not control his anger.[8][9]

Nita Deerpalsing made news headlines soon after a public meeting of the Labour-MMM coalition Alliance de l’Avenir held on the 1st of May 2010 in Quatre Bornes. The Labour Party leader Navin Ramgoolam became so angry about a defective microphone that he lost his temper and was caught on record to utter disrespectful words towards Nita Deerpalsing who also held the position of Director of Communication of the Labour Party (Mauritius). Ramgoolam's words were broadcast live by other radio stations and was reproduced several times on social media as an example of Navin Ramgoolam's lack of respect for those of the female gender.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/eco/file/con18.pdf
  2. ↑ "Results of 2005 elections". Office of Electoral Commissioner.
  3. ↑ "Results of 2010 elections" (PDF). Office of the Electoral Commissioner.
  4. ↑ "Results of 2014 elections" (PDF). Office of Electoral Commissioner. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  5. ↑ "Frontpage". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  6. ↑ "Incidents à Quatre Bornes : Nita Deerpalsing accuse des policiers de faire preuve de parti pris". lexpress.mu. December 22, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Bérenger, le goujat". L'Express. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  8. ↑ "Deerpalsing insultée : Regret et Réactions". 5Plus. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  9. ↑ Seblin, Michaëlla. "Sois mariée et tais-toi !". 5 Plus. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  10. ↑ "L'attaque du 1er Mai". 5Plus. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  11. ↑ "Meeting 1er mai : Nita Deerpalsing dit que le juron prononcé par Ramgoolam ne la visait pas". L'Express. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
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