Malti Devi

Malti Devi (5 August 1968 – 6 September 1999) was a political and social worker and a Member of Parliament elected from the Nawada constituency in the Indian state of Bihar on the Rashtriya Janata Dal party ticket.[1]

Malti Devi
MP
ConstituencyNawada
Personal details
Born( 1968-08-05)5 August 1968
Died6 September 1999(1999-09-06) (aged 31)
NationalityIndian
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseBhubaneshwar Prasad
ProfessionAgriculturist, Politician, Social Worker

Early life

Malti Devi was born on 5 August 1968 in the Manglagori village in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. She was married to Bhubaneshwar Prasad on 4 February 1984 and has two sons. She left her school education in 1980.[1]

Politics and activism

She led the Farmers Movement and was a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist).[1] She advocated for women,[1] landless farmers and tribals in central and south Bihar. She left the C.P.I. (ML) in 1995. She was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 1998 and was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998. She was also a member of Committee on Urban and Rural Development and its Sub-Committee-I on Urban Affairs and Employment and a member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family welfare.[1]

Death

Devi died on 6 September 1999 at her Delhi residence due to cancer.[2]

References
  1. "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. "Lok Sabha Proceedings". Parliament of India. Retrieved 11 February 2014.


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