Bima Bharti (born 1 January 1973) is an

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n politician and the former Minister of Sugarcane Industries in the Government of Bihar. She is a leader of the

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

since 2024 after leaving

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 is a member of

Bihar Legislative Assembly The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952. The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...

elected as the representative of the Rupauli constituency 4 times from November 2000 onward.

Shankar Singh Shankar Singh is the member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Rupauli, and is a politician and social worker hailing from Purnia, Bihar. He was earlier nominated as a candidate of the Lok Janshakti Party. Personal life Shankar Singh is married ...

had defeated her in February 2005 but she was re-elected again in October 2005.

Political career

Bima Bharti began her political career in 2000. She contested as an independent candidate from the Rupauli constituency and was elected to the

. Subsequently, she became a member of the

. In the February 2005 election, she lost the seat to

of the

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 ...

but in the following October election, she was able to win back the seat. She subsequently quit the Rashtriya Janata Dal and joined the

before the 2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election. She was re-elected in 2010 and again in 2015 as a member of the Janata Dal (United).She has resigned from Janata Dal (United) and joined Rastriya Janta Dal (RJD) ahead of 2024 genral election.

Personal life

Bharti is married to Awadhesh Mandal who was convicted of

intimidation Intimidation is to "make timid or make fearful"; or to induce fear. This includes intentional behaviors of forcing another person to experience general discomfort such as humiliation, embarrassment, inferiority, limited freedom, etc and the victi ...

of witnesses in a murder case. In January 2015, she helped her husband, who had multiple criminal cases against him, escape from jail. Her 21-year-old son was discovered dead in August 2018. Another son was beaten in 2019. Bharati is an animal lover, in 2023, she came into limelight after she took out funeral procession of her pet dog.

References

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