Sarita Rai is an Indian politician from the state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. She was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2021.

Constituency

Sarita Rai is a teacher of

Nepali language Nepali (; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia. It is the official, and most widely spoken, language of Nepal, where it also serves as a '' lingua franca''. Nepali has official status in the Indian st ...

at St George's School,

Pedong Pedong is a town in the Pedong CD block in the Kalimpong subdivision of the Kalimpong district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is very close to Resi-Sikkim border. Pedong lies on the National Highway-717A connecting Bagrakote to ...

. She represented the Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of

. Rai won the Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency) on a

Gorkha Janmukti Morcha The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) is a registered unrecognized political party, that campaigns for the creation of a separate state Gorkhaland within India, out of districts in the north of West Bengal. The party was launched on 7 October 2007. T ...

ticket. She beat the sitting member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Harka Bahadur Chettri by over 11000 votes.

Political party

Sarita Rai is from

References

West Bengal MLAs 2016–2021 Living people Women in West Bengal politics 21st-century Indian women politicians 21st-century Indian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha politicians People from Kalimpong district Indian Gorkhas Rai people {{WestBengal-politician-stub