Rama Devi (Bihar politician)

Rama Devi (born 5 May 1949) is an Indian politician from Bihar and belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She is on the Panel of chairpersons of the 17th Lok Sabha as of 2019.^[2]

Rama Devi
Member of Parliament for Sheohar Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2009-4 June 2024
Preceded by	Sitaram Singh
Succeeded by	Lovely Anand
Member of Parliament for Motihari Lok Sabha
In office 1998-1999
Preceded by	Radha Mohan Singh
Succeeded by	Radha Mohan Singh
Cabinet Minister Government of Bihar
In office 2000-2005
Chief Minister	Rabri Devi
Ministry & Department's	Public Health Engineering
Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly for Motihari
In office 2000-2005
Preceded by	Triveni Tiwari
Succeeded by	Pramod Kumar
Personal details
Born	(1949-05-05) 5 May 1949 (age 76)[1] Lalganj, Vaishali (Bihar)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Spouse	Brij Bihari Prasad (late)
Children	5
Residence(s)	Muzaffarpur, Bihar Vill Bhedihari Adapur, East Champaran

Biography

Rama Devi was born on 5 May 1949 at Lalganj in Vaishali district. She had studied Law and resides at Muzaffarpur.^[3] She was member of 12th Lok Sabha from Bihar during 1998-1999 from Motihari on RJD ticket.^[4]

She was first elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 on the BJP ticket from Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency. She was elected for second time to Lok Sabha (16th) in 2014. She is elected for third time to Lok Sabha (17th) in 2019. In 2019, she was in the midst of a controversy when Samajwadi Party's MP Azam Khan made some sexist remarks directed at her, for which he was forced to apologize.^[5]