Usha Verma

Usha Verma
MP
Constituency Hardoi
Personal details
Born (1963-05-05) 5 May 1963
Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Political party SP
Spouse(s) Lal Bihari
Children 1 son and 1 daughter
Residence Hardoi
As of 17 September, 2006
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Usha Verma is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh in 1998, 2004 and 2009 as a member of the Samajwadi Party as a SC candidate. She was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2002 and became a Minister in the Mulayam Singh Yadav ministry in 2003.[1][2][3] She was the daughter in law of late member of parliament Parmai Lal, who is famous for winning his first election in 1962 while he was in prison.[4]

Early life and education

Usha Verma was born on 5 May 1963 in Haridwar, Uttrakhand to Basant Kumar and Usha Verma. She completed her masters in English from S.D. Degree College and B.S.M. Degree College, Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh.

Later she was married to Lal Bihari on 29 January 1988 and had a son and a daughter in a few years.[5]

Personal interests

She was interested in social work. She was even a member of joint committee of empowerment of women in 1999, then a member of committee on welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in 2004 and also was a member of Committee of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004-2009.[5]

She loves to sing, cook as well as paint. She also works for the upliftment of the downtrodden, the poor children and women; and works for an ideal society which may satisfy the basic needs of the people. By profession she also works an agriculturist, architect, political and social worker as well as a business person.[6]

Positions held

1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
1998-99 Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power
2002 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Minister of State, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Member, Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment
5 Aug. 2007 to May 2009 Member, Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment
2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Rural Development

[5] References

  1. ↑ "Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP". Ashish Tripathi. The Times of India. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Maya woos Brahins, Muslims in reserved constituency". Pankaj Shah. The Times of India. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mulayam inducts 91 ministers". Rediff. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hardoi: It?s bahu vs beti". hindustantimes.com/. 2004-05-04. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  5. 1 2 3 "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  6. ↑ "Usha Verma : Samajwadi Party , MP (Lok Sabha) , Hardoi Constituency". Janpratinidhi. Retrieved 2017-07-29.


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