Divya Maderna is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. She is a member of the

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 E ...

(INC) and was elected as MLA of the

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constituency in the 2018 elections.

Life

Maderna is the daughter of government minister

Mahipal Maderna Mahipal Maderna (5 March 1952 – 17 October 2021) was an Indian politician from Rajasthan, a member of Indian National Congress. He served as the Water Resources Minister of Rajasthan in Gehlot ministry. Biography Mahipal Maderna was born t ...

and Leela Maderna. Her grandfather Parasram Maderna also worked in politics, serving as a cabinet minister in the

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Legislative Assembly. Maderna holds a post-graduate degree in economics from the

University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...

, England. In 2010, at the age of 26, she successfully contested the District councilpolls in

, Jodhpur. She contested the Rajasthan legislative assembly elections in 2018 for

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the ...

on a ticket of the

and won.

References

1984 births Living people Alumni of the University of Nottingham Women members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress politicians from Rajasthan People from Jodhpur district Rajasthan MLAs 2018–2023 21st-century Indian women politicians {{Rajasthan-INC-politician-stub