Louis Marandi

Dr. Louis Marandi
Member of Legislative Assembly Dumka
Constituency	Dumka
Minister for Minority Welfare, Social Welfare, Women and Child Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014-
Personal details
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Brentius kisku
Children	2 sons
Residence(s)	Dumka, Jharkhand
Alma mater	Ranchi University
Occupation	Politician

Dr. Louis Marandi is an Indian politician and belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She is a cabinet minister in the Government of Jharkhand with portfolio like Welfare including Minority Welfare, Social Welfare, Women and Child Development.

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 Jharkahnd 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 Sbihu Soren' 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 can't manage her ticket from Dumka seat in that election due to internal politics of BJP.

In Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election, 2014, she defeated Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Supremo Sbihu Soren' son Hemant Soren by 5262 votes and became one of powerful leader of Jharkhand politics. Now she is a cabinet minister of BJP lead Jharkhand government. She represents Santal Pargans in Jharkhand government.