Seema Kumari

Seema Kumari is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1][2]

Seema Kumari
Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly
In office
2012–2017
Preceded byPost Established
Succeeded byJoginder Pal
ConstituencyBhoa
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseVinod Kumar
Residence(s)Lahri, Pathankot, Punjab, India

Personal life

Kumari is married to Vinod Kumar.[3]

Political career

Kumari was elected sarpanch of Lahri village in 2008 and in 2012 was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly from Bhoa,[4] a constituency then reserved for candidates from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.[2] Then aged 33, she was the youngest member of the assembly.[5]

Kumari stood as a candidate in the 2017 state assembly elections but faced criticism because of suspicions regarding an increase in her income.[6] Described as the poorest MLA in the state in 2012, based on her declared assets in an election affidavit, they had grown almost 30-fold by 2017.[5] She lost her seat in Bhoa to Joginder Pal of the Indian National Congress.[7]

References
  1. "Legislators Group - BJP Punjab". BJP Punjab. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  2. "BJP strikes it poor on Bhoa seat!". The Pioneer. 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  3. "Election affidavit". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  4. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
  5. Bharti, Vishav (25 January 2017). "Rich experience for 'poorest' MLA". The Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2017.>
  6. "BJP unlikely to retain its 12 seats". The Tribune. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. "Bhoa - Punjab Assembly Election Results 2017". India.com. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
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