Veena Devi (born 22 April 1967) is an Indian politician and the current
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 ...
from
Vaishali. She is a former member of
Bihar Legislative Assembly
The Bihar Legislative Assembly, also known as the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of the Bihar Legislature where the first elections were held in 1952.
The total strength of membership in the Assembly was 331, including one nominated m ...
from the
Gaighat constituency. In the
2019 Indian general election
General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...
, she contested from
Vaishali with
Lok Janshakti Party
The Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP, "People’s Manpower Party") was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable followin ...
and defeated
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (6 June 1946 – 13 September 2020) was an Indian socialist politician. In the Lok Sabha, he represented the Vaishali constituency of Bihar and was the national vice president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political par ...
.
Political career
On 2 September 2021, she became the parliamentary chairperson of
Lok Janshakti Party
The Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP, "People’s Manpower Party") was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable followin ...
replacing
Chirag Kumar Paswan.
Early life
Devi was born on 22 April 1967 in
Darbhanga
Darbhanga is the fifth-largest city and municipal corporation in the Indian state of Bihar situated centrally in Mithila region.
Darbhanga is the headquarters of the Darbhanga district and the Darbhanga division. It was the seat of the erstw ...
,
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 ...
, to Upendra Prasad Singh and Sabujkala Devi. She is a
matriculate
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Australia
In Australia, the term "matriculation" is seldom used now. ...
.
She married
Dinesh Prasad Singh
Dinesh Prasad Singh is an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United). He is the member of the Bihar Legislative Council from Muzaffarpur. His wife Veena Devi is a Member of Parliament from Vaishali lokasabha constituency of Bihar.
Early life ...
, who is the MLC from
Muzaffarpur
Muzaffarpur () is a city located in Muzaffarpur district in the Tirhut region of the Indian state of Bihar. It serves as the headquarters of the Tirhut division, the Muzaffarpur district and the Muzaffarpur Railway District. It is the fourth m ...
, on 27 April 1984.
They have two sons and two daughters.
She lives in Dauadpur village.
She became an MLA in the Vidhan Sabha election in 2010 in
Gaighat with BJP. She had contested the 2010 Vidhan Sabha elections from Ghaighat Seat on the BJP ticket. She was ex Chairperson from Muzaffarpur.
[http://210.212.18.115/pdf/Result%20-%20MLC%20Election.pdf ] She became the chairperson of
Muzaffarpur district
Muzaffarpur District is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar States and territories of India, state, India. Muzaffarpur district is part of and also the headquarters of Tirhut division, Tirhut Division Tirhut is the ancient name of all of ...
in 2001 and the deputy chairperson in 2006.
See also
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Caste politics in India
In India, a caste is a (usually endogamous) social group where membership is decided by birth. Castes often have related political preferences. Broadly, Indian castes are divided into the Forward Castes, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Ca ...
References
External links
MyNeta ProfileLok Sabha profile
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Living people
1967 births
Bihar MLAs 2010–2015
Women members of the Lok Sabha
Women members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Lok Sabha members from Bihar
Lok Janshakti Party politicians
India MPs 2019–present
21st-century Indian women politicians