Subhashini Ali

Subhashini Ali Sehgal
Subhashini Ali Sehgal
President, All India Democratic Women's Association
Personal details
Born	December 1947
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse(s)	Muzaffar Ali (divorced)
Children	Shaad Ali
As of 27 January, 2007 Source: [1]

Subhasini Ali is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is the President of the All India Democratic Women's Association.

Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel Prem Sehgal and Captain Lakshmi Sehgal (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan) who were a part of the Indian National Army. She attended Welham Girls High School. She was formerly married to filmmaker Muzaffar Ali. Her son is Shaad Ali, the up-and-coming film maker who has directed popular hits such as Saathiya, Bunty aur Babli and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. Ali is an atheist.

As a trade Unionist and leader of the All India Democratic Women's Association, she was once very influential in the politics of Kanpur where the Communist Party of India (CPI) held sway over trade unions and which elected CPI-supported S.M. Banerjee to Lok Sabha four times from 1957 to 1971. This influence of CPI helped her win the General elections of 1989 to the parliament and she defeated her nearest rival BJP candidate by 56,587 votes from Kanpur. The CPI influence waned after the emergency in 1977 and she lost the General elections of 1996 by 151,090 votes. She finished at the fifth place in the General elections of 2004 polling only 4558 votes (0.74%). She fought the General elections of 2014 from Barrackpore as a CPI(M) candidate but lost.