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{{Infobox officeholder | |||
| name = Leshi Singh | |||
| office1 = Food & Consumer Protection Department<br />[[Government of Bihar]] | |||
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| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Bihar|Chief Minister]] | |||
| 1namedata1 = [[Nitish Kumar]] | |||
| predecessor1 = [[Bijendra Prasad Yadav]] | |||
| office2 = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] | |||
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|01|05}} | |||
| birth_place = Maldiha, [[Purnia district|Purnia]], [[Bihar]] | |||
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | |||
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]] {{small|(2015–present)}} | |||
| residence = Village-Sarasi, Post Office-Sarasi, Thana-Sarsi, [[Purnea district|Purnea]], [[Bihar]] | |||
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| occupation = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] | |||
| profession = Social Worker | |||
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| children = 4 | |||
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| image = Leshi-Singh.jpg | |||
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| website = https://state.bihar.gov.in/fcp/CitizenHome.html | |||
| termstart = 09 February 2021 | |||
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'''Leshi Singh''' is an Indian Politician from [[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]] and senior member of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Dhamdaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhamdaha]] seat in [[Bihar]]. | |||
Currently, | == Political Career == | ||
She is a Minister in [[Nitish Kumar]] cabinet.<ref>{{cite web| language=Hindi| title=नीतीश मंत्रिमंडल की नई सदस्य बनीं लेसी| publisher=Jagran| date=2014-03-12| accessdate=2015-06-24| url=http://www.jagran.com/news/national-leshi-singh-made-minister-in-place-of-renu-11154949.html}}</ref> Previously, Leshi was the Chairman of [[National Commission for Women|Bihar State Women Commission]]. In the year 2000, 2005 (Feb.), 2010, 2015, 2020 [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly Elections]], Leshi Singh won the Dhamdaha constituency of [[Bihar]] to become a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]. She is the 5th term MLA from Dhamdaha (Purnia), winning by huge margin of approx. 34k votes. | |||
Currently, she is the [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution|Food and Consumer Protection]] Minister in [[Government of Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.jagran.com/lite/bihar/bhagalpur-bihar-politics-for-the-second-time-in-a-row-bihar-chief-minister-nitish-kumar-made-lacey-singh-a-minister-dhamdaha-mla-lacey-singh-becomes-minister-21351667.html|title= Bihar Cabinet Expansion: लगातार दूसरी बार नीतीश ने लेसी पर जताया भरोसा, धमदाहा विधायक बन गईं मंत्री|website= Jagran|language=hi |access-date=2021-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://state.bihar.gov.in/fcp/CitizenHome.html|title= Leshi Singh|website= Food & Consumer Protection Department|language=en |access-date=2021-07-14}}</ref> Leshi is considered one of the most senior leaders of the [[Janata Dal (United)]]. | |||
In the year 2000 she won the Bihar state assembly election for the time by 14739 votes from Dhamdaha Vidhan Sabha of Purnia district from [[Samata Party]] in the leadership of [[George Fernandes]] and [[Nitish Kumar]]. | |||
In the year 2005 she won again by 9303 votes from JDU ([[Janata Dal (United)|Janata Dal United]]) led by Nitish Kumar from Dhamdaha Vidhan Sabha. | |||
In November 2005 in middle-term election she lost election by a very small margin of votes. | |||
In 2006 she became State President of Mahila JDU (Janata Dal United). | |||
On 2nd November 2007 she became President of Bihar state women commission. | |||
In 2010 she won 2010 [[Bihar Assembly Election, 2010|Bihar assembly election]] by record margin of 45000 votes from Dhamdaha Vidhan Sabha from JDU led by Nitish Kumar. | |||
In 2014 she became social welfare and disaster management minister of Bihar. | |||
She again won 2015 Bihar assembly election from Dhamdaha by 30291 votes. | |||
In 2020 Bihar state election she won for the fifth time from Dhamdaha by 33594 votes and became 5th timer MLA from Dhamdaha, Purnia. | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
She is the wife of Butan Singh, former district chief of | She is the wife of Butan Singh, former district chief of [[Samata Party]] and highly-dreaded ganglord.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Bhuvaneshwar Prasad|date=Apr 20, 2000|title=Purnea unit Samata chief gunned down {{!}} Patna News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/purnea-unit-samata-chief-gunned-down/articleshow/2042939669.cms|access-date=2021-02-19|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||