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
23 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRama Kishore Singh
ConstituencyVaishali
Bihar Legislative Assembly
In office
November 2010 – November 2015
Preceded byMaheshwar Yadav
Succeeded byMaheshawar Yadav
ConstituencyGaighat
Chairperson, District Councils of India
In office
2006–2010
DistrictMuzaffarpur
Chairperson, District Councils of India
In office
2001–2006
DistrictMuzaffarpur
3rd Parliamentary Chairperson of the Lok Janshakti Party
Assumed office
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
Preceded byChirag Kumar Paswan
Personal details
Born (1967-04-22) 22 April 1967
Political partyLok Janshakti Party
Other political
affiliations		Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
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(m. 1984)​
Children4
Residence(s)Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India

Political career

On 2 September 2021, she became the parliamentary chairperson of Lok Janshakti Party replacing Chirag Kumar Paswan.[2][3]

Early life

Devi was born on 22 April 1967 in Darbhanga, Bihar, to Upendra Prasad Singh and Sabujkala Devi. She is a matriculate.[4] She married Dinesh Prasad Singh, who is the MLC from Muzaffarpur, on 27 April 1984.[4][5][6] They have two sons and two daughters.[4] She lives in Dauadpur village.[7]

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.[8][9] She became the chairperson of Muzaffarpur district in 2001 and the deputy chairperson in 2006.

See also

References
  1. Kumar, Abhay (24 March 2019). "For Bihar NDA, blood is thicker than sweat". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. Chandra, Vyas (2 September 2021). "Bihar Politics: बिहार में चिराग को नया झटका, वैशाली की सांसद वीणा देवी बनीं LJP पारस गुट संसदीय बोर्ड की अध्‍यक्ष". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  3. Kamal, Neel (2 September 2021). "पशुपति पारस ने भतीजे को दिया एक और झटका, LJP के एक और अहम पद से चिराग पासवान की छुट्टी". News18 Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  5. Jamal, Khwaja (21 October 2010). "Hiccup for BJP ahead of election - Party nominee brother caught bribing voters". The Telegraph. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. "Newly born grandson of JD(U) MLC and BJP MLA kidnapped in Bihar". Daily News and Analysis. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  7. "VEENA DEVI (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Gaighat(MUZAFFARPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  8. "Assembly Election Result 2016, Assembly Election Schedule Candidate List, Assembly Election Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News 2016". infoelections.com. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  9. "Member of Parliament - Devi Smt. Veena". Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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