Rashmi Varma Explained

Rashmi Varma
Birth Date:4 January 1967[1]
Office1:Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:2020
Predecessor1:Vinay Varma
Constituency1:Narkatiaganj
Term Start2:2014
Term End2:2015
Predecessor2:Satish Chandra Dubey
Successor2:Vinay Varma
Constituency2:Narkatiaganj
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Occupation:Politician

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]

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची . Bihar Vidhan Sabha . https://web.archive.org/web/20230427090929/https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/priority%20List.pdf . 27 April 2023 . live . Hindi.
  2. Web site: BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/Know your MLA. 2020-12-09. vidhansabha.bih.nic.in.
  3. Web site: Rashmi Varma bjp Candidate 2020 विधानसभा चुनाव परिणाम Narkatiaganj. 2020-12-09. Amar Ujala. hi.
  4. Web site: Live. A. B. P.. Bihar Elections 2020 Candidate Rashmi Varma Narkatiaganj. 2020-12-09. news.abplive.com. en.
  5. Web site: हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर. 2020-12-09. Patrika News. hindi.
  6. Web site: बिहार में नवनिर्वाचित BJP MLA रश्मि वर्मा से रंगदारी मांगने वाला युवक गिरफ्तार. 2020-12-09. Prabhat Khabar - Hindi News. hi.
  7. Web site: 2020-11-22. In Nitish's 'sushashan', BJP MLA asked to pay Rs 25 lakh as extortion sum. 2020-12-09. Deccan Herald. en.