Veena Devi Explained

Veena Devi
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start:23 May 2019
Constituency:Vaishali
Primeminister:Narendra Modi
Predecessor:Rama Kishore Singh
Office1:Bihar Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:November 2010
Term End1:November 2015
Constituency1:Gaighat
Predecessor1:Maheshwar Yadav
Successor1:Maheshawar Yadav
Office2:Vice Chairperson, District Councils of India
Term Start2:2006
Term End2:2010
1Blankname2:District
1Namedata2:Muzaffarpur
Office3:Chairperson, District Councils of India
Term Start3:2001
Term End3:2006
1Blankname3:District
1Namedata3:Muzaffarpur
Office4:3rd Parliamentary Chairperson of the Lok Janshakti Party
Predecessor4:Chirag Kumar Paswan
Term End4:5 October 2021
Party:Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
Otherparty:Rashtriya Lok Janshakti PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Birth Date:22 April 1967
Residence:Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
Children:4
Occupation:Politician
Nationality:Indian

Veena Devi (born 22 April 1967) is an Indian politician serving her 2nd term as current Member of parliament from Vaishali. She is a former member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Gaighat constituency. In the 2019 Indian general election, she contested from Vaishali with Lok Janshakti Party and defeated Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.[1]

Political career

On 2 September 2021, she became the parliamentary chairperson of Lok Janshakti Party replacing Chirag Kumar Paswan.[2] [3]

Early life

Devi was born on 22 April 1967 in Darbhanga, Bihar, to Upendra Prasad Singh and Sabujkala Devi. She is a matriculate.[4] She married Dinesh Prasad Singh, who is the MLC from Muzaffarpur, on 27 April 1984.[4] [5] [6] They have two sons and two daughters.[4] She lives in Dauadpur village.[7]

She became an MLA in the Vidhan Sabha election in 2010 in Gaighat with BJP. She had contested the 2010 Vidhan Sabha elections from Ghaighat Seat on the BJP ticket. She was ex Chairperson from Muzaffarpur.[8] [9] She became the chairperson of Muzaffarpur district in 2001 and the deputy chairperson in 2006.

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Notes and References

  1. News: For Bihar NDA, blood is thicker than sweat. Kumar. Abhay. Deccan Herald. 24 March 2019. 3 April 2019.
  2. News: Vyas. Chandra. 2 September 2021. Bihar Politics: बिहार में चिराग को नया झटका, वैशाली की सांसद वीणा देवी बनीं LJP पारस गुट संसदीय बोर्ड की अध्‍यक्ष. 3 September 2021. Dainik Jagran.
  3. News: Neel. Kamal. 2 September 2021. पशुपति पारस ने भतीजे को दिया एक और झटका, LJP के एक और अहम पद से चिराग पासवान की छुट्टी. 3 September 2021. News18 Hindi. hi.
  4. Web site: Members : Lok Sabha . loksabhaph.nic.in . 24 February 2020.
  5. News: Hiccup for BJP ahead of election - Party nominee brother caught bribing voters. Jamal. Khwaja. The Telegraph. 21 October 2010. 3 April 2019.
  6. News: Newly born grandson of JD(U) MLC and BJP MLA kidnapped in Bihar. Daily News and Analysis. 22 November 2014. 3 April 2019.
  7. Web site: VEENA DEVI (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Gaighat(MUZAFFARPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate. myneta.info. 2 February 2020.
  8. Web site: Assembly Election Result 2016, Assembly Election Schedule Candidate List, Assembly Election Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News 2016. infoelections.com. 14 March 2022.
  9. Web site: Member of Parliament - Devi Smt. Veena. 2023-08-11.