Rama Devi (Bihar politician)

Rama Devi
Member of the India Parliament for Sheohar
In office 16 May 2009 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Sitaram Singh
Succeeded by	Lovely Anand
Member of the India Parliament for Motihari
In office 1998–1999
Preceded by	Radha Mohan Singh
Succeeded by	Radha Mohan Singh
Personal details
Born	(1949-05-05) 5 May 1949 (age 75)[1] Lalganj, Vaishali (Bihar)
Political party	BJP
Spouse	Brij Bihari Prasad (late)
Children	5
Residence(s)	Muzaffarpur, Bihar Vill Bhedihari Adapur, East Champaran

Rama Devi (born 1948) is an Indian politician from Bihar and belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She is on the Panel of chairpersons of the 17th Lok Sabha as of 2019.^[2]

Biography

Rama Devi was born on 8 August 1948 at Lalganj in Vaishali district. She had studied Law and resides at Muzaffarpur.^[3] She was member of 12th Lok Sabha from Bihar during 1998-1999 from Motihari on RJD ticket.^[4]

She was first elected to 15th Lok Sabha in 2009 on the BJP ticket from Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency. She was elected for second time to Lok Sabha (16th) in 2014 . She is elected for third time to Lok Sabha (17th) in 2019. In 2019, she was in the midst of a controversy when Samajwadi Party's MP Azam Khan made some sexist remarks directed at her, for which he was forced to apologize.^[5]

References

1. "Ramadevi". 2019. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
2. "Four BJP members nominated to panel of chairpersons in LS". 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
3. "Member's Profile".
4. "12th Lok Sabha Member's Profile".
5. "Azam Khan says sorry for sexist remark in Lok Sabha, BJP MP Rama Devi says apology not accepted". India Today. Retrieved 12 March 2021.