Misa Bharti (born 22 May 1976) is an Indian politician from the state of

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 ...

and the daughter of

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parlia ...

and

Rabri Devi Rabri Devi Yadav (born 1 January 1955) is an Indian politician who formerly served three terms as the Chief Minister of Bihar, the first and only woman till date to have held the office. She is a Member of Bihar Legislative Council (MLC), and ...

. In 2014, she unsuccessfully contested the Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency and lost to

RJD 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 ...

rebel Ram Kripal Yadav who had joined

BJP 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 Mo ...

. She again lost in 2019 Lok Sabha election with a margin of more than 39,000 votes from the same

Pataliputra Pataliputra ( IAST: ), adjacent to modern-day Patna, was a city in ancient India, originally built by Magadha ruler Ajatashatru in 490 BCE as a small fort () near the Ganges river.. Udayin laid the foundation of the city of Pataliputra at the ...

constituency. In June 2016, she was the party's nominee for the

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biennial elections and was elected unopposed along with

Ram Jethmalani Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (14 September 1923 – 8 September 2019) was an Indian lawyer and politician. He served as India's Union minister of law and justice, as chairman of the Indian Bar Council, and as the president of the Supreme Court B ...

from

Early life and education

Misa Bharti was born in 1976 to two former Chief Ministers of Bihar,

and his wife

. Her father named Misa in honour of the Emergency-era

Maintenance of Internal Security Act The Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1971 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies very broad powers – indefinite p ...

(MISA) under which Lalu was jailed. She is the eldest of her parents' nine children (7 daughters and 2 sons). Misa joined the MBBS course in MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur in 1993 on a TISCO quota. She was later shifted to Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) citing security reasons. Misa topped the MBBS exams with a distinction in gynaecology from PMCH.

Personal life

Misa Bharati married Shailesh Kumar, a computer engineer, on 10 December 1999. The couple has three children, two daughters and one son. Misa is known to have a hot temperament.

Political career

Misa Bharti contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from

on a Rashtriya Janata Dal ticket. She lost to Ram Kripal Yadav, former most trusted man of Lalu Yadav. In June 2016, she was the party's nominee for the

elections and was elected unopposed along with

from

. She again contested 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Pataliputra losing to BJP's Ram Kripal Yadav.

References

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