| Seema Kumari | |
| Residence: | Lahri, Pathankot, Punjab, India |
| Office: | Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency: | Bhoa |
| Termstart: | 2012 |
| Termend: | 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Post Established |
| Successor: | Joginder Pal |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse: | Vinod Kumar |
Seema Kumari is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1] [2]
Kumari is married to Vinod Kumar.[3]
Kumari was elected sarpanch of Lahri village in 2008 and in 2012 was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Bhoa,[4] a constituency then reserved for candidates from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.[2] Then aged 33, she was the youngest member of the assembly.
Kumari stood as a candidate in the 2017 state assembly elections but faced criticism because of suspicions regarding an increase in her income.[5] Described as the poorest MLA in the state in 2012, based on her declared assets in an election affidavit, they had grown almost 30-fold by 2017.[6] She lost her seat in Bhoa to Joginder Pal of the Indian National Congress.[7]
