Ritu Jaiswal (born 1 March 1977) is an Indian politician who is the State Spokesperson of

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 ...

. She had been the Mukhiya of Gram

Panchayat Raj The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical menti ...

Singhwahini, Sonbarsha,

Sitamarhi Sitamarhi is an Indian city and the district headquarters of the Sitamarhi district in the Mithila region of Bihar and is a part of the Tirhut Division. It dates back to the time of Ramayana and is considered as the place where Janaka found Sit ...

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

Early life

Ritu was born to Bhola Prashad Choudhary and Asha Jaiswal on 1 March 1977 in

Hajipur Hajipur (, ) is the headquarters and largest city of Vaishali district of the state of Bihar in India. Hajipur is the 16th most populous city of Bihar, besides being the second-fastest developing city, next to Patna. It had a total population ...

, Bihar. She has studied Bachelors of Arts (Economics) from Vaishali Mahila College. She is also a trained Bharat Natyam and Kathak dancer.

Political career

Ritu contested and won the election for the position of Mukhiya from Gram Panchayat Raj Singwahini in 2016. She won by a huge margin of 1784 votes more than the nearest rival in a constituency consisting of fourteen thousand residents. She joined

and contested the 2020 Bihar election from

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constituency.

Awards and recognition

She was conferred the "Uchh Shikshit Adarsh Yuva Sarpanch (Mukhiya) Puraskaar 2016" at the 7th Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad by the Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Government on 18 January 2017 in

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. She was conferred the

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2018 by the honourable Vice President of India

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at Vigyan Bhavan,

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on 26 December 2018. Her Gram Panchayat Singhwahini was conferred the National Panchayat Award "Deen Dayal Upadhayay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar - 2019" by the

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, Government of India in

on 23 October 2019. She was conferred the "Flame Leadership Award - 2019" by the Rural Marketing Association of India at the Taj Santacruz,

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on 21 June 2019. She was one of the speaker at the international conference on LPG: Catalyst of Social Change-2 organised by Research & Development Initiative Pvt. Ltd. in association with

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, Government of India in

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

. She represented

as one of the speaker at SEE Talks held at

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on 16 June 2018. She was one of the speaker at

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organised in

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

in the name TEDx Bankipore on the topic "Why unregistered rapes in rural India not considered as crime" on 29 July 2018. She was among the eleven member committee sent by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj,

Government of Bihar The Government of Bihar, known locally as the State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Bihar and its 9 divisions which consist of 38 districts . It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Bihar, a jud ...

to the workshop organised jointly by

National Institute of Rural Development The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Rural Development, is a premier national centre of excellence in rural development and Panchayati Raj. Recognized int ...

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and Ministry of Panchayati Raj,

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on the topic "Economic Development and Social Transformation through Gram Panchayat Development Plan" on 24 and 25 September 2019. She was among the nine panelists selected by the

at the consultation workshop for mainstreaming Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) through adoption of 100+ Panchayat Clusters for holistic Development on 6 August 2018. She was one of the speaker at the Youth Ki Awaaz Summit – 2019 organized at the Dr. B.R Ambedkar International Center,

on 20 December 2019. She was the keynote speaker at "Democracy Express" by the Indian School of Democracy when the yatra was in Delhi on 22 December 2019.

Personal life

Ritu married Arun Kumar on 7 December 1996. Arun Kumar is a 1995 batch Indian Civil Service (Allied) officer who has served as the Director, Central Vigilance Commission. They have a son and a daughter.

References

External links

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