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Ashwamedh Devi

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Ashwamedh Devi (born 18 September 1967) is a politician and a Member of Parliament[2] elected from the Ujiarpur constituency in the Indian state of Bihar being a Janata Dal (United) candidate.[3] Devi has also served as Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Kalyanpur, Samastipur Assembly constituency. In 2023, she was appointed the Chairperson of Bihar State Commission for Women by Government of Bihar. In 2025, she was again elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly. She represented Samastipur Assembly constituency this time.[4]

Early life

Ashwamedh was born on 18 September 1967 in Meyari, district Samastipur (Bihar). She married Pradip Mahto on 7 May 1979 and has four sons.[3][5]

Education

Ashwamedh Devi is Matriculate, Bajitpur Meyari, Sarai Ranjan, Samastipur, Bihar.[3]

Political career

She was elected as a member of Bihar Vidhan Sabha in 2000 and 2005 from Kalyanpur, Samastipur Assembly constituency.[6]

Devi with Bihar's former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

She remained as a member till 2009. In the year 2009, she was elected as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha.[3] In 2023, she was appointed the head of State Commission for Women for the state of Bihar. Besides her, there were seven members in the reconstituted commission, which was formed to look after the issues related to women in state.[7]

Devi was Janata Dal (United) candidate from Samastipur Assembly constituency in 2025 elections to Bihar Legislative Assembly. She successfully defeated her opponent Akhtarul Islam Shahin with a margin of over 13,000 votes and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly.[8]

References

  1. ↑"Ashwamedh Devi take charges as Chairperson of State women commission". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ↑"EX-MP Track - Lok Sabha". PRS. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bosquejo biográfico Miembro del Parlamento 15.ª Lok Sabha" . Archivado del original el 25 de febrero de 2014. Recuperado el 20 de febrero de 2014 .
  4. ^ "Resultado de las elecciones de Samamstipur: समस्तीपुर की पहली महिला विधायक बनीं अश्वमेध देवी, राजद के गढ़ को किया ध्वस्त" . Jagrán . Consultado el 18 de julio de 2026 .
  5. ↑ "Ujiarpur lidia con nuevas ecuaciones de castas: la delimitación cambia la constitución del distrito electoral, no su cuota de problemas" . The Telegraph . Archivado del original el 11 de septiembre de 2022. Recuperado el 19 de abril de 2023 .
  6. ↑ "Ashwamedh Devi, presidenta de la Comisión de Mujeres de Bihar" . jagran.com . Consultado el 9 de septiembre de 2023 .
  7. ↑ "Ashwamedh Devi dirigirá la comisión estatal para la mujer" . Times of India . Consultado el 9 de septiembre de 2023 .
  8. ↑ "Circunscripción electoral de Samastipur" . Comisión Electoral de la India . Consultado el 27 de noviembre de 2025 .