Aruna Devi is an Indian politician from

Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar (or BJP Bihar) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Bihar. Samrat Chaudhary is the current president of the BJP Bihar. Electoral History Legislative Assembly election Lok Sabha election Leade ...

who is currently Member of

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representing

Warisaliganj Warisaliganj is a town and a nagar parishad in Nawada district in the Indian state of Bihar. History Warisaliganj, to the north of Nawada, was founded by Waris Ali khan, brother of Kamgar khan in Mayi family. Geography Warisaliganj is locat ...

Nawada district Nawada district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the Indian state of Bihar. Nawada is its administrative headquarters. The district is the easternmost district of the Magadh division, one of the nine administrative divisions of Bihar. The ...

. She was elected as the Member of

for the first time in

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as an

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. She emerged victorious for the second time in February 2005 as

Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP, "People’s Manpower Party") was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable followin ...

candidate. She later joined

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 ...

and contested as Congress candidate in October 2005 &

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but lost to

Pradeep Mahto Pradeep Mahto alias Pradeep Kumar is a former Member of Legislative Assembly for the year 2005 and 2010 from the Warisaliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of the Nawada region of Bihar. Mahto is a nephew and former associate of Ashok Mahto, the ...

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

. She later jumped ships to the

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in 2015 and emerged victorious in

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as well as

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References

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