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Louis Marandi
Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office
December 2014 – December 2019
Preceded byHemant Soren
Succeeded byHemant Soren
ConstituencyDumka
Minister for Minority Welfare, Social Welfare and Women & Child Development
Government of Jharkhand
In office
28 December 2014 – 23 December 2019
Personal details
BornDumka, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseBrentius Kisku
Children2
Residence(s)Dumka, Jharkhand
Alma materRanchi University
OccupationPolitician

Louis Marandi is an Indian politician and belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She was a cabinet minister in the Government of Jharkhand with portfolio like Welfare including Minority Welfare, Social Welfare, Women and Child Development.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

She is the only popular women leader from the Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party organization. She had taken various important roles for Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party. As President of Women wing of Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party earlier, she was also member of Jharkhand Women's Commission.

She has lectured at various colleges of Jharkhand in Santali subject. She was Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Dumka assembly in 2009 assembly election of Jharkhand. She was defeated by Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Supremo Shibu Soren's son Hemant Soren by about 3000 votes.

One of the biggest roles she played was as National Secretary of BJP in the year 2012 in the team of Rajnath Singh. In the parliamentary election of June 2014, she played a vital role to win 12 seats from Jharkhand out of 14, though she couldn't manage her ticket from Dumka seat in that election due to internal politics of BJP.

In 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, she defeated Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Supremo Shibu Soren's son Hemant Soren by 5262 votes and became one of powerful leaders of Jharkhand politics. Now she is a cabinet minister of BJP led Jharkhand government. She represents Santal Pargana in Jharkhand government.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Council of Ministers". Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. ^ LOUIS MARANDI VISITS TRI
  3. ^ My Neta
  4. ^ Why there’s a storm brewing in Jharkhand over who gets to be called a resident
  5. ^ Mishra, Sandeep (24 December 2014). "Louis Marandi: Lone Christian in saffron club". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Govt serious on minority affairs: Louis Marandi". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  7. ^ BJP barb at Santhal Pargana leaders