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Seema Kumari

Seema Kumari is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1][2]

Personal life

Kumari is married to Vinod Kumar.[3]

Political career

Kumari was elected sarpanch of Lahri village in 2008 and in 2012 was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Bhoa,[4] a constituency then reserved for candidates from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.[2] Then aged 33, she was the youngest member of the assembly.[5]

Kumari stood as a candidate in the 2017 state assembly elections but faced criticism because of suspicions regarding an increase in her income.[6] Described as the poorest MLA in the state in 2012, based on her declared assets in an election affidavit, they had grown almost 30-fold by 2017.[5] She lost her seat in Bhoa to Joginder Pal of the Indian National Congress.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Legislators Group - BJP Punjab". BJP Punjab. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "BJP strikes it poor on Bhoa seat!". The Pioneer. 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Election affidavit". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  4. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b Bharti, Vishav (25 January 2017). "Rich experience for 'poorest' MLA". The Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2017.>
  6. ^ "BJP unlikely to retain its 12 seats". The Tribune. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Bhoa - Punjab Assembly Election Results 2017". India.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.