Riti Pathak Explained

Riti Pathak
Birth Date:1 July 1977
Birth Place:Khatkhari, Madhya Pradesh, India
Residence:Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh
Office:Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency:Sidhi
Term Start:3 December 2023
Predecessor:Kedarnath Shukla
Office2:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start2:16 May 2014
Term End2:6 December 2023[1] [2]
Constituency2:Sidhi
Occupation:Advocate
Predecessor2:Govind Prasad Mishra
Successor2:Rajesh Mishra
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse:Shri Rajnish Pathak
Parents:Shri Ramkaran Dev Pandey & Smt. Shyama Pandey
Children:2
Alma Mater:Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Rewa
Date:16 December
Year:2016
Source:http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4711

Riti Pathak (born 1 July 1977) is a member of the Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh who belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She was first elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Sidhi seat of Madhya Pradesh, and won seat by defeating the INC candidate by a margin of 1,08,046 votes.[3] She was re-elected to the 17th Loksabha in 2019. She won the Sidhi seat again by defeating the Congress candidate Shri Ajay Singh by a margin of 2,86,520 votes.[4] [5]

Early life, education, and personal life

Riti Pathak (born Riti Pandey) was born on 1 July 1977 in Village Khatkhari of District Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh (present-day District Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh) to Smt. Shyama Pandey (Homemaker) and Shri Ramkaran Dev Pandey (Lawyer).

She was brought up in Rewa. She did her bachelor's degree (BA) in history and Hindi literature followed by master's degree in history (from Girls Degree College, Rewa). Then she completed her graduation in LLB (The Bachelor of Laws).

While in School and college she was also active in co-curricular activities and completed her all three NCC certificates by her graduation. She was Joint Secretary at GDC in 1994-95.

In the year 1997, she married Shri Rajneesh Pathak.

Social work and politics

With inspiration and support from her family, she started social works for women in her home constituency area. She was introduced to politics when she contested Jila Panchayat Adhyaksh, Sidhi and won. In 2014, she contested the election from constituency Sidhi of Madhya Pradesh and won by the margin of 1,08,046 votes. She was re-elected to the Loksabha in 2019. She is former member of 17th Lok Sabha.

Positions held

Notes and References

  1. News: India Today . 10 of 12 BJP MPs who won state elections resign from Lok Sabha . 10 December 2023 . 6 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231210092905/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assembly-election-results-2023-bjp-mps-who-won-polls-resign-from-lok-sabha-2472653-2023-12-06 . 10 December 2023 . en.
  2. Web site: Madhya Pradesh: Narendra Singh Tomar, Rakesh Singh, Riti Pathak Resign As MPs After Election To State Assembly . 2023-12-06 . Free Press Journal . en.
  3. Web site: Congress demolished in MP, BJP wins 27 out of 29 seats .
  4. Web site: Sidhi Election Result, BJP wins 28 out of 29 seats in MP .
  5. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha . 2022-06-24 . loksabhaph.nic.in.
  6. Web site: Educational Info Of Riti Pathak.
  7. Web site: Details of Riti Pathak.