Veena Devi

Veena Devi (born 22 April 1967) is an Indian politician and the current Member of parliament from Vaishali. She is a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Gaighat constituency. In the 2019 Indian general election, she contested from Vaishali with Lok Janshakti Party and defeated Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.[1]

Not to be confused with Veena Devi (born 1976).

Veena Devi
Veena Devi in Juloos 2010
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRama Kishore Singh
ConstituencyVaishali
Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
2010–2015
Preceded byMaheshwar Yadav
Succeeded byMaheshawar Yadav
ConstituencyGaighat
Deputy Chairperson, District Councils of India
In office
2006–2010
ConstituencyMuzaffarpur
Chairperson, District Councils of India
In office
2001–2006
ConstituencyMuzaffarpur
Personal details
Born (1967-04-22) 22 April 1967
Political partyLok Janshakti Party
Spouse(s)Dinesh Prasad Singh
ResidenceMuzaffarpur, Bihar, India

Early life

Devi was born on 22 April 1967 and is from Andama village in Darbhanga.[2][3] Her husband, Dinesh Prasad Singh is the MLC from Muzaffarpur.[4][5]

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.[6][7] She became the chairperson of Muzaffarpur District in 2001 and the deputy chairperson in 2006.

See also
  • Caste politics in India

References
  1. Kumar, Abhay (24 March 2019). "For Bihar NDA, blood is thicker than sweat". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. "VEENA DEVI (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Gaighat(MUZAFFARPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  4. Jamal, Khwaja (21 October 2010). "Hiccup for BJP ahead of election - Party nominee brother caught bribing voters". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  5. "Newly born grandson of JD(U) MLC and BJP MLA kidnapped in Bihar". Daily News and Analysis. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "Assembly Election Result 2016, Assembly Election Schedule Candidate List, Assembly Election Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News 2016".
  7. http://210.212.18.115/pdf/Result%20-%20MLC%20Election.pdf
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