Rashmi Varma
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2020
Preceded byVinay Varma
ConstituencyNarkatiaganj
In office
2014–2015
Preceded bySatish Chandra Dubey
Succeeded byVinay Varma
ConstituencyNarkatiaganj
Personal details
Born (1967-01-04) 4 January 1967[1]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
OccupationPolitician

Rashmi Varma is an Indian politician from BJP.[2] She has represented Narkatiaganj in the Bihar Legislative Assembly since 25 August 2014. She won the 2014 by-elections from Narkatiaganj of Bihar. She was former Mayor of Narkatiaganj. She won the 2020 elections from Narkatiaganj by defeating Vinay Verma contesting from INC.[3][4]

Threats and controversy

Varma was threatened to not contest the elections through a letter outside her house. It was pointed out that her children won't be safe if she would contest the election.[5] Rashmi Varma, right after being elected, was threatened via a phone call to be killed if she won't pay a ransom of INR 25,00,000 for her own life. However, the person threatening was arrested with the help of local police and administration.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "बिहार विधान सभा सचिवालय - सप्तदश बिहार विधान सभा मे माननीय सदस्यों की जन्म तिथि एवं टर्मवार सूची" (PDF). Bihar Vidhan Sabha (in Hindi). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/Know your MLA". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Rashmi Varma bjp Candidate 2020 विधानसभा चुनाव परिणाम Narkatiaganj". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Live, A. B. P. "Bihar Elections 2020 Candidate | Rashmi Varma | Narkatiaganj". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "बिहार में नवनिर्वाचित BJP MLA रश्मि वर्मा से रंगदारी मांगने वाला युवक गिरफ्तार". Prabhat Khabar - Hindi News (in Hindi). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "In Nitish's 'sushashan', BJP MLA asked to pay Rs 25 lakh as extortion sum". Deccan Herald. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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