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]
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]