Rashmi Varma

Rashmi Varma is an Indian politician from BJP.[2] She has represented Narkatiaganj in the Bihar Legislative Assembly since 25 August 2014. She won the 2014 by-elections from Narkatiaganj of Bihar. She was former Mayor of Narkatiaganj. She won the 2020 elections from Narkatiaganj by defeating Vinay Verma contesting from INC.[3][4]

Rashmi Varma
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byVinay Varma
ConstituencyNarkatiaganj
In office
2014–2015
Preceded bySatish Chandra Dubey
Succeeded byVinay Varma
ConstituencyNarkatiaganj
Personal details
Born (1967-01-04) 4 January 1967[1]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
OccupationPolitician

Threats and controversy

Varma was threatened to not contest the elections through a letter outside her house. It was pointed out that her children won't be safe if she would contest the election.[5] Rashmi Varma, right after being elected, was threatened via a phone call to be killed if she won't pay a ransom of INR 25,00,000 for her own life. However, the person threatening was arrested with the help of local police and administration.[6][7]

References
  1. "बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha (in Hindi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2023.
  2. "BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/Know your MLA". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. "Rashmi Varma bjp Candidate 2020 विधानसभा चुनाव परिणाम Narkatiaganj". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. Live, A. B. P. "Bihar Elections 2020 Candidate | Rashmi Varma | Narkatiaganj". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. "बिहार में नवनिर्वाचित BJP MLA रश्मि वर्मा से रंगदारी मांगने वाला युवक गिरफ्तार". Prabhat Khabar - Hindi News (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. "In Nitish's 'sushashan', BJP MLA asked to pay Rs 25 lakh as extortion sum". Deccan Herald. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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