Neelam Sonkar (born 11 February 1973) is an Indian politician. She contested Indian general elections 2014 from Lalganj Seat of Uttar Pradesh as

Bhartiya Janata Party 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 Modi ...

candidate to enter in

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...

. She is Post Graduate M.A. from

Gorakhpur University DDU Gorakhpur University (simply known as University of Gorakhpur) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It is about . from the downtown to the east and al ...

in 1998.

Early life and education

Sonkar was born on February 11, 1973, to Shri Ramchandra and Smt. Bhagyvani Devi. She was born in Kanpur in

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. Neelam Sonkar has completed her

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Th ...

(MA) from

Positions held

* May, 2014 : Elected to 16th Lok Sabha * 1 Sep. 2014 onwards : Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment. * April. 2016 onwards : Member, National Level Steering Committee on Standup India Programme.

References

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