Imarti Devi

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Imarti Devi
Minister of Women and Child Development,
Madhya Pradesh Government
In office
July 2020 – November 2020
Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan
In office
December 2018 – March 2020
Chief MinisterKamal Nath
Preceded byArchana Chitnis
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2008 – November 2020
Preceded byNarottam Mishra
ConstituencyDabra
Personal details
Born (1975-04-14) 14 April 1975 (age 48)
Village Charbara, Datia district
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceDabra, Gwalior district
EducationHSC
ProfessionPolitician
As of 23 July, 2018
Source: ["Biography" (PDF). Vidhan Sabha, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.]

Imarti Devi (b 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She had served as Minister of Women and Child Development in Madhya Pradesh Government, first in Kamal Nath's Congress government from December 2018 to March 2020, and later under Shivraj Chauhan's BJP government from July 2020 to November 2020.[1] She lost the 2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections from Dabra against the Suresh Raje of Indian National Congress.[2]

Political career[edit]

She started her political career by becoming the Sr. Vice-President of District IYC, Gwalior in 1997.

During 2004–2009 she was a member of District Panchayat, Gwalior and is the chairperson of Block Congress Dabra since 2005. She was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time in 2008. She subsequently got re-elected in 2013 assembly elections.

In December 2018, She was inducted into the Kamal Nath cabinate as Public Health and Family Welfare of Madhya Pradesh. During 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis, She supported senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and was one of the 22 MLAs who resigned.[3][4]

Personal life[edit]

She is married to Puran Singh Suman and has one daughter.[5]

Legal Affairs[edit]

In November 2016, Gwalior sessions court had ordered to book Imarti Devi, as she was accused of harassing her nephew's wife for dowry.Later on she was succeeded in getting stay on the proceedings by High Court and finally she was acquitted from all the charges with the help of her Advocate Yash Sharma[6]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ BhopalDecember 28, Rahul Noronha; December 29, 2018UPDATED; Ist, 2018 06:48. "Madhya Pradesh ministers get portfolios, Bala Bachchan gets home, Bhanot finance". India Today. Retrieved 3 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ 11 Nov, TNN /; 2020; Ist, 06:32. "Madhya Pradesh: Imarti Devi among 3 ministers to lose | Bhopal News – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from Congress, more than 20 party MLAs quit". The Economic Times. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP". Live Mint.
  5. ↑ "In Midst of Fresh Row, Imarti Devi Was Once a Farm Labourer Who Moved Up the Ranks with Scindia". News18. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Staff Reporter (24 November 2016). "Bhopal: Gwalior session court orders to book Congress MLA Imarti Devi". Bhopal: The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

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