Rashmi Varma

Rashmi Varma is an Indian politician from BJP.^[2] She has represented Narkatiaganj in the Bihar Legislative Assembly since 25 August 2014. She won the 2014 by-elections from Narkatiaganj of Bihar. She was former Mayor of Narkatiaganj. She won the 2020 elections from Narkatiaganj by defeating Vinay Verma contesting from INC.^[3][4]

Rashmi Varma
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Preceded by	Vinay Varma
Constituency	Narkatiaganj
In office 2014–2015
Preceded by	Satish Chandra Dubey
Succeeded by	Vinay Varma
Constituency	Narkatiaganj
Personal details
Born	(1967-01-04) 4 January 1967 (age 58)[1]
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Occupation	Politician

Threats and controversy

Varma was threatened to not contest the elections through a letter outside her house. It was pointed out that her children won't be safe if she would contest the election.^[5] Rashmi Varma, right after being elected, was threatened via a phone call to be killed if she won't pay a ransom of INR 25,00,000 for her own life. However, the person threatening was arrested with the help of local police and administration.^[6][7]