Uma Saren (born 9 May 1984) is an Indian politician who has been a Member of Lok Sabha for

Jhargram Jhargram is a city and a municipality in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jhargram district. It is a popular tourist destination known for its forests, ancient temples and royal pala ...

since

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. She belongs to

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. A

medical practitioner A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

by profession, she is the first person to speak in the

Santali language Santali (, Ol Chiki: ), Bengali: , Odia: , Devanagari: , also known as Santal, is the most widely spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Assam ...

in the

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Early life

Saren was born on 9 May 1984. Her father worked with the

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

as a Group D staff. She received a

M.B.B.S. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United King ...

degree from

Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital The Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMC&H), also known as NRS Medical College, Kolkata (formerly Campbell Medical College), is a public medical school and hospital in Kolkata, India. It is located in Sealdah, in the heart of K ...

in 2012. She belongs to the

Santhal Santhal may refer to : Places and jurisdictions * Santhal Pargana division, in Jharkhand state, (north)eastern India * Santhal State, former petty princely state in Mahi Kantha, Gujarat, western India People * Santhal people (part of the Tea ...

community.

Political career

In 2012, Saren joined ''Junglemahal Bhoomiputra and Kanya Medical Association'' whose aim was to provide medical facilities in remote areas to the tribals in the Bengal-

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

border. On 5 May 2014,

party announced that Saren would contest the upcoming

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

from Jhargram constituency. She was pitted against

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

candidate

Pulin Bihari Baske Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske is an Indian Politician and was Member of Parliament of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Jhargram constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) political party. Earl ...

. In May, she was elected to the Lok Sabha and defeated Baske by a margin of 3,50,756 votes. She became the first ever woman

MP of India. She also won with the highest margin in her state. In 2014, she was the member of two standing parliamentary committees: the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers and the Consultative Committee on Ministry of Tribal Affairs. In April 2017, Saren utilised from her

MPLADS ''Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme'' (MPLADS) is a scheme formulated by Government of India on 23 December 1993 that enables the members of parliaments (MP) to recommend developmental work in their constituencies with an emphas ...

funds to buy ceiling fans, LED lamps and water coolers for 3,000 schools in the state. On 28 May 2018, Saren became the first person to speak in the

in the

. She spoke about the many problems faced by various

tribes The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...

in India. She was also the only woman in the Indian delegation which consisted of seven members. On 12 March 2019, the party announced that they had not renominated Saren for the next general election. Partymen alleged that she properly did not use the MPLADS funds.

References

External links

Lok Sabha
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