{"id":215192,"date":"2026-04-09T11:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/?p=215192"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:55:07","slug":"wife-or-separated-hiran-chatterjees-election-affidavit-triggers-fresh-controversy-with-first-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfed.in\/english\/wife-or-separated-hiran-chatterjees-election-affidavit-triggers-fresh-controversy-with-first-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Wife or &#8216;Separated&#8217;? Hiran Chatterjee&#8217;s Election Affidavit Triggers Fresh Controversy with First Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BJP candidate and actor Hiran Chatterjee is back in the spotlight, not for his campaign, but for a brewing legal battle with his first wife, Anindita Chatterjee. Following his nomination for the Shyampur assembly seat in Howrah, Anindita publicly questioned whose name Hiran disclosed as his spouse in the official affidavit. 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