Aradhana Misra (born 20 April 1974), also known as Mona Misra, is an Indian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

and member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. representing Rampur Khas of Pratapgarh district in

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

as a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

. She is the daughter of senior Congress leader and Member of

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Pramod Tiwari.

Education and background

She received a

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in commerce from

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

in 1997 and completed

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

. She is currently pursuing post-graduation in

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from the Institute of Human Rights,

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

. Aradhana Misra alias Mona hails from a political background. Her father, Pramod Tiwari is a senior leader of

, who has been elected for nine times consecutive as MLA from Rampur Khas assembly constituency in Pratapgarh, and he is the Member of

(upper house).

Political career

Aradhana Misra is associated with Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee and is a member since 2000. She was earlier elected as Block Pramukh (chief) from Pratapgarh district of

for consecutive three terms, winning the elections 2001–2006, 2006–2011, and 2011 to 2016. She is a member of

state Monitoring and Vigilance Committee, MNEREA under the Ministry of Rural Development,

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...

. She was an active member of the Media Campaign Committee 2012 Uttar Pradesh election and had devised the media strategy for

Congress party The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

and

Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi ( ; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the president of ...

. In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative assembly election Aradhana Mishra defeated her nearest BJP rival by a margin of 14,741 votes from the Rampur Khas constituency in Pratapgarh district. This is her third consecutive victory as an MLA.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Misra, Aradhana 1974 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027