Veena Verma (politician)

Veena Verma (born 1 September 1941) is a former member of parliament from Madhya Pradesh as an Indian National Congress candidate. She was elected to the Rajya Sabha three consecutive six year terms, from 1986 to 2000. She served as the Deputy Chairman of Committee of Parliament on Official Language and also as the Vice-president of All India Mahila Congress and Indian Council of World Affairs.

Veena Verma in September 2016

Verma is the widow of Shrikant Verma (1931-1986), Hindi poet and co-member of parliament from Madhya Pradesh.[1][2] Verma is the mother of Abhishek Verma, an Indian arms dealer. Verma’s daughter-in-law Anca Verma is former Miss Universe Romania.[3][4]

References
  1. "Member of Rajya Sabha from 1952-2003" (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  2. Singh, Rohini (7 May 2012). "Veena Verma and Shrikant Verma's son". Economic Times.
  3. "Anca Verma Miss Romania Universe walks the ramp at Gurugram Fashion Week June 2019". Asian News Channel TV. June 2019.
  4. "Anca Verma former Miss Universe Romania forms joint venture in Maldives". Outlook magazine. February 2018.


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