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Priyanka Singh Rawat
Member of the India Parliament
for Barabanki
In office
1 September 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byP. L. Punia
Succeeded byUpendra Singh Rawat
ConstituencyBarabanki
Personal details
Born (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985 (age 38)[citation needed]
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseShri Raghunath
Residence(s)Madhaipur, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, India
Websitehttp://priyankasinghrawat.co.in
As of 17 December, 2016
Source: [1]

Priyanka Singh Rawat is an Indian politician who represents the Bhartiya Janata Party.

Early life

Rawat was born on 7 August 1985 at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh to Uttam Ram Singh and Prabha Singh. Uttam Ram is a retired Provincial Civil Service officer. She received a M.A. degree in Political Science from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University in 2007. She also received a post graduate diploma in Mass communication and electronic journalism from the same university in the following year.[1][2][3]

Political career

Rawat participated in youth politics during her university days. She was elected library incharge at that time.[4]

In June 2013, Rawat joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] On 16 March 2014, the party announced that Rawat would contest the upcoming general election from Barabanki constituency.[5] She was elected to the Lok Sabha in May after defeating her nearest rival PL Punia of the Indian National Congress party by a margin of approximately 211,000 votes.[4]

Personal life

On 5 December 2007, Rawat married Raghunath Rawat, who is an Indian Revenue Service officer of the 2007 batch. They have two daughters.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rawat, Smt. Priyanka Singh". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b Kumar, Santosh (30 May 2014). "Barabanki MP Priyanka Singh Rawat of BJP". India Today. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Khan, Hamza (30 May 2014). "Giant Killers". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ^ a b "32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituencies". The Economic Times. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Read list of BJP candidates for LS polls, Modi from Varanasi". India TV. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2019.


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