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Veena Devi
Indian politician (born 1967) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Veena Devi (born 22 April 1967) is an Indian politician serving her 2nd term as current Member of Parliament (MP) from Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency. 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]
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Political career
On 2 September 2021, she became the parliamentary chairperson of Lok Janshakti Party replacing Chirag Kumar Paswan.[2][3]
In 2024 Lok Sabha Election Veena Devi won with 566225 votes. She defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal's Vijay Kumar Shukla by 90026 votes.[4][5]
Early life
Devi was born on 22 April 1967 in Darbhanga, Bihar, to Upendra Prasad Singh and Sabujkala Devi. She is a matriculate.[6] She married Dinesh Prasad Singh, who is the MLC from Muzaffarpur, on 27 April 1984.[6][7][8] They have two sons and two daughters.[6] She lives in Dauadpur village.[9]
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.[10][11] She became the chairperson of Muzaffarpur district in 2001 and the deputy chairperson in 2006.
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