Anand Babla

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title= Member of House of Representatives (Fiji)
Tavua Indian Communal Constituency
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term_end= 2006
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party= Fiji Labour Party
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profession= Farmer, Social Worker
religion= Hindu
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Anand Babla (born 1954) is a Fijian politician of Indian descent. In the House of Representatives he represents the Tavua Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, which he held for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the general elections of 1999, 2001 and 2006.

On 19 May 2000, He was among the 43 members of the People's Coalition Government, led by Mahendra Chaudhry, taken hostage by George Speight and his band of rebel Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) soldiers from the Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit. He was released on 21 May 2000, after he signed a paper resigning his seat in Parliament. [ [http://www.fijihosting.com/pcgov/docs_c/activities_report_2000.htm Fiji Labour Party - Activities Report: 1999-2000] ]

Babla first entered the House of Representatives in 1992. He is a sugar cane farmer and social worker. [ cite news|title =FLP names first lot of candidates |url= http://www.flp.org.fj/n060328.htm ]

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