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'''Kusum Rai''' (born 14 August 1968) is an | '''Kusum Rai''' (born 14 August 1968) is an Indian politician.<ref>[http://www.india-today.com/itoday/05041999/up.html ]{{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref> She is a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]],<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/kusum-rai-is-bjp-candidate/384076/ ]{{dead link|date=April 2021}}</ref> the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]]. | ||
She is a leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She is a senior woman leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and a former chairperson of the UP Women Commission and also the national vice-president of the party's Mahila Morcha.<ref>{{cite news | She is a leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She is a senior woman leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and a former chairperson of the UP Women Commission and also the national vice-president of the party's Mahila Morcha.<ref>{{cite news | ||
Latest revision as of 08:48, 5 January 2022
Kusum Rai (born 14 August 1968) is an Indian politician.[1] She is a member of the Rajya Sabha,[2] the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
She is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is a senior woman leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a former chairperson of the UP Women Commission and also the national vice-president of the party's Mahila Morcha.[3] She is the protégé of Kalyan Singh whom she considers like her father and calls him Babuji but has parted ways with him.[4] Earlier she was also the Cabinet Minister of Public Works Department in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.[5]
Personal life[edit | edit source]
She belongs to a Bhumihar family from Azamgarh.[citation needed]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ [2][dead link]
- ↑ "Rai is BJP candidate". The Indian Express. 11 November 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ↑ Manjari Mishra (23 January 2009). "Kusum rejects bicycle pillion ride". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ↑ "UP will not become another Gujarat: Rai". The Times of India. 11 October 2003. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
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