Kusum Rai (born 14 August 1968) is an Indian politician. She is a member of the

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, the upper house of the

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. She is a leader of the

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. She is a senior woman leader of the

and a former chairperson of the UP Women Commission and also the national vice-president of the party's Mahila Morcha. She is the protégé of

Kalyan Singh Kalyan Singh (5 January 1932 – 21 August 2021) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He served twice as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as a Member of Parliament. He was the Chief minister of Utt ...

whom she considers like her

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and calls him ''Babuji'' but has parted ways with him. Earlier she was also the Cabinet Minister of

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in the

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