Shama Mohamed

Shama Mohamed (born 17 May 1973) is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress. She is a national media panelist ^[1] and spokesperson of All India Congress Committee.^[2]

Shama Mohamed
Shama in 2021
Born	(1973-05-17) 17 May 1973 (age 52) Cherukallayi, Kannur district, Kerala
Occupation	Politician
Political party	Indian National Congress

Personal life

Mohamed was born in Cherukallayi near New Mahe, Kannur district, Kerala.^[3] She completed her primary education from Indian School, Kuwait. She returned from Kuwait in 1990^[4] and did her graduation in Bachelor of Dental Sciences from Yenepoya University, Mangalore. She has worked as a journalist in Zee TV for a brief period prior to joining Indian National Congress in 2015. She is an advocate of education for all, women's rights,^[5] primary healthcare, population control, Infrastructure and the plight of manual scavengers in India.^{[citation needed]} She is married and has two children.^[6]

Political career

In December 2018, she was appointed as a national media panelist of Indian National Congress.^[7] In July 2015, she was appointed as national spokesperson of All India Congress Committee. She has come up in Kannur and Taliparamba constituencies.^[8] She has said that the government's notification to regulate digital news platform is an attempt to suppress all social media platforms including digital news platforms.^[9]

Body-shaming incident

In March 2025, Shama Mohamed came under fire for her post on X (formerly known as Twitter) about Indian captain Rohit Sharma. She deleted the tweet when asked by her party through, Pawan Khera. In the post, she called Rohit Sharma "fat" and "the most unimpressive" captain of the country. ^[10] Although she deleted the post, she continued to defend her tweet. "When I compared him with previous captains, I put in a statement. I have the right. What is wrong in saying?", she said.^[11]