Renu Devi
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Renu Devi | |
|---|---|
| 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar | |
| Assumed office 16 November 2020 Serving with Tarkishore Prasad | |
| Chief Minister | Nitish Kumar |
| Preceded by | Sushil Kumar Modi |
| Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Madan Mohan Tiwari |
| Constituency | Bettiah |
| In office 2000–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Birval Yadava |
| Succeeded by | Madan Mohan Tiwari |
| Constituency | Bettiah |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Renu Devi is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party and currently serving as 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. She is a former Vice-President of the Bhartiya Janata Party. She is currently a Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and the deputy legislative leader of party for the National Democratic Alliance[1][2][3][4][5]
Political career
Beginning her political career through social activism in 1981, she later joined the Bhartiya Janata Party's Mahila Morcha or women's wing in 1988. Next year, she was given the responsibility to head the wing in the Champaran region. She was further chosen as the wing's state head for two terms, in 1993 and 1996. [6]
She has been elected four times from Bettiah to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. She served as the Sports and Culture Minister in the Bihar State Government between 2005 and 2009.
References
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- ^ https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/mahila-morcha-to-bihar-dy-cm-renu-devi