Maya Singh (born 15 August 1950) is an Indian politician from

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

and a former

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

representing

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

. She is a former cabinet minister in

Government of Madhya Pradesh Government of Madhya Pradesh also known as the State Government of Madhya Pradesh, or locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 52 districts. It consists of an executive, ...

holding the portfolio of 'Women and Child Development' till 2016 and 'Urban development and Housing' from 2016 to December 2018. On 8 December 2013 she was elected as MLA after winning Legislative Assembly elections in Gwalior with 59,824 votes.

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Profile on Rajya Sabha website
Living people 1950 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh People from Gwalior Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2013–2018 State cabinet ministers of Madhya Pradesh 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians Women state cabinet ministers of India Women members of the Rajya Sabha Women members of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub