Renuka Singh Saruta | |
Birth Date: | 1964 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Podi, Koriya district, Madhya Pradesh, India (now Chhattisgarh, India) |
Residence: | Ramanujnagar, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, India |
Office: | Minister of State for Tribal Affairs |
Term Start: | 30 May 2019 |
Term End: | 7 December 2023 |
Predecessor: | Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor |
Successor: | Bharati Pawar |
Minister: | Arjun Munda |
Primeminister: | Narendra Modi |
Office1: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start1: | 23 May 2019 |
Term End1: | 7 December 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Kamalbhan Singh Marabi |
Successor1: | Chintamani Maharaj |
Constituency1: | Surguja |
Office2: | Minister of Woman & Child Development Government of Chhattisgarh |
Successor2: | Lata Usendi |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata2: | Raman Singh |
Term Start2: | 7 December 2003 |
Term End2: | 18 June 2005 |
Office3: | Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
Term Start4: | 2003 |
Term End4: | 2013 |
Predecessor4: | Tuleshwar Singh |
Successor4: | Khelsai Singh |
Constituency4: | Premnagar |
Term Start3: | 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Gulab Kamro |
Constituency3: | Bharatpur-Sonhat |
Party: | Bhartiya Janata Party |
Spouse: | Narendra Singh |
Children: | 2 Son & 2 Daughter |
Country: | India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Profession: | Politician, Agriculture |
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 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]
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.[7]