Usha Verma

Usha Verma
Usha Verma
MP
Constituency	Hardoi
Personal details
Born	5 May 1963 (age 61); Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Political party	SP
Spouse	Lal Bihari
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
Residence	Hardoi
	As of 17 September, 2006Source: [1]

Usha Verma is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh in 1998, 2004 and 2009 as a member of the Samajwadi Party as a SC candidate. She was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2002 and became a Minister in the Mulayam Singh Yadav ministry in 2003.^[1]^[2]^[3] She was the daughter in law of late member of parliament Parmai Lal, who is famous for winning his first election in 1962 while he was in prison.^[4]

Early life and education

Usha Verma was born on 5 May 1963 in Haridwar, Uttrakhand to Basant Kumar and Usha Verma. She completed her master's degree in English from S.D. Degree College and B.S.M. Degree College, Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh.

Later she was married to Lal Bihari on 29 January 1988 and had a son and a daughter in a few years.^[5]

Personal interests

She was interested in social work. She was even a member of joint committee of empowerment of women in 1999, then a member of committee on welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in 2004 and also was a member of Committee of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2004 to 2009.^[5]

She loves to sing, cook as well as paint. She also works for the upliftment of the downtrodden, the poor children and women; and works for an ideal society which may satisfy the basic needs of the people. By profession she also works an agriculturist, architect, political and social worker as well as a business person.^[6]

Positions held

1998	Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1998-99	Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women

	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power

2002	Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

	Minister of State, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh

2004	Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

	Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

	Member, Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment

5 Aug. 2007 to May 2009	Member, Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment

2009	Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

31 Aug. 2009	Member, Committee on Rural Development

References

^ "Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP". Ashish Tripathi. The Times of India. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ "Maya woos Brahins, Muslims in reserved constituency". Pankaj Shah. The Times of India. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ "Mulayam inducts 91 ministers". Rediff. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^ "Hardoi: It?s bahu vs beti". hindustantimes.com/. 4 May 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
^ "Usha Verma : Samajwadi Party, MP (Lok Sabha), Hardoi Constituency". Janpratinidhi. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

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[1] "Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP". Ashish Tripathi. The Times of India. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[2] "Maya woos Brahins, Muslims in reserved constituency". Pankaj Shah. The Times of India. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[3] "Mulayam inducts 91 ministers". Rediff. 3 October 2003. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

[4] "Hardoi: It?s bahu vs beti". hindustantimes.com/. 4 May 2004. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[:0-5] "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[6] "Usha Verma : Samajwadi Party, MP (Lok Sabha), Hardoi Constituency". Janpratinidhi. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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