Rama Devi (Bihar politician)
Rama Devi | |
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| Member of the India Parliament for Sheohar | |
| In office 16 May 2009 – 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sitaram Singh |
| Succeeded by | Lovely Anand |
| Member of the India Parliament for Motihari | |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Radha Mohan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Radha Mohan Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 May 1949[1] Lalganj, Vaishali (Bihar) |
| Political party | BJP |
| Spouse | Brij Bihari Prasad (late) |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence(s) | Muzaffarpur, Bihar Vill Bhedihari Adapur, East Champaran |
Rama Devi (born 1948) is an Indian politician from Bihar and belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She is on the Panel of chairpersons of the 17th Lok Sabha as of 2019.[2]
Biography
[edit]Rama Devi was born on 8 August 1948 at Lalganj in Vaishali district. She had studied Law and resides at Muzaffarpur.[3] She was member of 12th Lok Sabha from Bihar during 1998-1999 from Motihari on RJD ticket.[4]
She was first elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 on the BJP ticket from Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency. She was elected for second time to Lok Sabha (16th) in 2014 . She is elected for third time to Lok Sabha (17th) in 2019. In 2019, she was in the midst of a controversy when Samajwadi Party's MP Azam Khan made some sexist remarks directed at her, for which he was forced to apologize.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ramadevi". 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Four BJP members nominated to panel of chairpersons in LS". 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "Member's Profile".
- ^ "12th Lok Sabha Member's Profile".
- ^ "Azam Khan says sorry for sexist remark in Lok Sabha, BJP MP Rama Devi says apology not accepted". India Today. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- 1948 births
- India MPs 1998–1999
- India MPs 2009–2014
- India MPs 2014–2019
- Lok Sabha members from Bihar
- Living people
- People from Muzaffarpur
- Women in Bihar politics
- People from Vaishali district
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- 21st-century Indian politicians
- 20th-century Indian women politicians
- 20th-century Indian politicians
- Women members of the Lok Sabha
- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University alumni
- India MPs 2019–2024
- Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians
- National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election
- National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2019 Indian general election