Renuka Singh (politician)

Renuka Singh Saruta (born 5 January 1964) is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh who currently is a Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Bharatpur-Sonhat. She previously served as the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs of India from 30 May 2019 to 7 December 2023.^[1] She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2]

Renuka Singh Saruta
Renuka Singh Saruta in 2021
Minister of State for Tribal Affairs
In office 30 May 2019 – 7 December 2023
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Arjun Munda
Preceded by	Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
Succeeded by	Bharati Pawar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2019 – 7 December 2023
Preceded by	Kamalbhan Singh Marabi
Succeeded by	Chintamani Maharaj
Constituency	Surguja
Minister of Woman & Child Development Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Succeeded by	Lata Usendi
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Preceded by	Gulab Kamro
Constituency	Bharatpur-Sonhat
In office 2003–2013
Preceded by	Tuleshwar Singh
Succeeded by	Khelsai Singh
Constituency	Premnagar
Personal details
Born	(1964-01-05) 5 January 1964 (age 61) Podi, Koriya district, Madhya Pradesh, India (now Chhattisgarh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Narendra Singh
Children	2 Son & 2 Daughter
Residence(s)	Ramanujnagar, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, India
Profession	Politician, Agriculture

Political career

Renuka Singh started her political career as a member of the Ramanuj Nagar District Panchayat. Singh also served as the BJP Mandal President in Ramanuj Nagar.^[3]

Renuka was first elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 and became Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Woman & Child development and Family welfare in Government of Chhattisgarh and again got re-elected in 2008.^[4][5] In 2013 Assembly election, she lost to senior Congress leader Khelsai Singh. In the 2019 general election, she again contested against Khelsai Singh and won by margin of 1,57,873 votes and became Union Minister of State of Ministry of Tribal Affairs.^[6][7]

She successfully contested the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly constituency, becoming a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly for the third time.^[8]