Keshari Devi Patel

Keshari Devi Patel is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1][2][3] Earlier, she had lost the 2004 Lok Sabha election from Phulpur and the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Prayagraj as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate. Later she joined the BJP.

Keshari Devi Patel
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2019 – June 2024
Preceded by	Nagendra Pratap Singh Patel
Succeeded by	Praveen Patel
Constituency	Phulpur
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-01) 1 January 1957 (age 68) Dabwa Khandeha, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Bahujan Samaj Party
Spouse	Gulab Singh ​ (m. 1973)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Awadhesh Pratap Singh University (MA)
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Personal life

Keshari Devi was born to Hanuman Das Singh and Dhanpati Devi on 1 January 1957 in Dabwa Khandeha village of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh. She did her Master of Arts post graduation at Awadhesh Pratap Singh University in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. She married Gulab Singh on 17 February 1973, with whom she has three sons.^[4]