Ritu Jaiswal

Ritu Jaiswal (born 1977) is an Indian politician who is the State Spokesperson of Rashtriya Janata Dal.[1][2] She had been the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat Raj Singhwahini, Sonbarsha, Sitamarhi, Bihar.[3]

Ritu Jaiswal
State Spokesperson of Rashtriya Janata Dal
Assumed office
2021
Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat Singhwahini, Sitamarhi, Bihar
In office
2016–2021
Personal details
Born1977 (age 45–46)
Hajipur, Bihar, India
Political partyRashtriya Janata Dal
SpouseArun Kumar (m. 1996)
Children2
Alma materVaishali Mahila College
Websiteritujaiswal.com

Early life

Ritu was born to Bhola Prashad Choudhary and Asha Jaiswal in 1977 in Hajipur, Bihar. She received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from Vaishali Mahila College. She is also a Bharat Natyam and Kathak dancer.[4]

Political career

Ritu contested and won the election for the position of Mukhiya from Gram Panchayat Raj Singwahini in 2016. She won by a margin of 1784 votes in a constituency of fourteen thousand residents.[5] She joined Rashtriya Janata Dal and contested the 2020 Bihar election from Parihar constituency.[6]

Awards and recognition
Receiving the Champions of Change

Jaiswal was given the Champions of Change (award) 2018 by Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 26 December 2018.[7][8][9]

Personal life

Ritu married Arun Kumar on 7 December 1996. Arun Kumar is a 1995 batch Indian Civil Service (Allied) officer who has served as the Director, Central Vigilance Commission.[10] They have a son and a daughter.[11][12]

References
  1. "चैंपियंस ऑफ चेंज रितु जायसवाल को राजद ने बनाया प्रदेश प्रवक्ता". jagran.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. "RJD netas want Lalu to address party workers". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. "State Election Commission, Bihar". sec.bihar.gov.in. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  4. "Ritu Jaiswal". ritujaiswal.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. "Bihar's Chhavi Rajawat has a family of 14,000 to care for - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. "Bihar assembly election: Awarded by BJP govt, woman mukhiya gets RJD ticket". Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. "दिल्ली में सीतामढ़ी के मुखिया रितु जयसवाल हुईं उप राष्ट्रपति से सम्मानित।". sanmarglive.com. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  8. "रीतू जायसवाल को उपराष्ट्रपति ने किया 'चैंपियंस ऑफ चेंज' पुरस्कार से सम्मानित". bhaskar.com. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  9. "बिहार की इस महिला मुखिया को मिला 'चैंपियंस ऑफ चेंज' अवार्ड, उप राष्ट्रपति ने किया सम्मानित". livecities.in. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  10. "CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION". cvc.gov.in. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  11. "Ritu Jaiswal". ritujaiswal.com. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. "Ritu Jaiswal, The 'MUKHIYA' with an impressive wiki page could convert Parihar for Tejashwi Yadav". EtG Research. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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