Kavita Singh (politician)

Not to be confused with Kavita Singh (scholar).

Kavita Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byOm Prakash Yadav
ConstituencySiwan
Personal details
Born (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38)
Siwan, Bihar, India
Political partyJanata Dal (United)
SpouseAjay Kumar Singh
OccupationPolitician

Kavita Singh is an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United).[1][2] She contested the 2019 Indian general election from Siwan Lok Sabha seat and won.[3] She has also served as the Member of Legislative Assembly from the Daraunda seat in 2011 bypolls and the 2015 elections, a seat which was earlier won by her mother-in-law Jagmato Devi.[4][5] She is a postgraduate student of JP University, She filed her nomination right in her bridal attire after marriage. She became a MLA at the age of 26 years.[6][7] She is married to gangster turned politician Ajay Kumar Singh.[8][9]

  1. ^ Roy, Anirab Guha (24 March 2019). "Wives of convicted politicians get tickets from RJD and JD(U)for Lok Sabha polls". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ "सीवान: इस बार दो बाहुबली नेताओं की पत्नियों के बीच महामुकाबला". Amar Ujala. 5 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Siwan Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Kavita Singh of JDU Leads at 10:37AM". CNN-News18. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "पितृपक्ष में शादी कर इस 'डॉन' ने पत्नी को बनाया था विधायक अब JDU से मिला लोकसभा का टिकट". CNN-News18. 26 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. ^ Srivastava, Amitabh (27 April 2019). "In Siwan Lok Sabha seat, wives of two dons take on each other". India Today. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  6. ^ "MLA son ties knot to gift bride a ticket". Telegraph India. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Bihar's biwi brigade". The Times of India. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  8. ^ Jha, Giridhar. "Proxies Of Bahubalis: Bihar Voters Caught Between The Devil And The Deep Sea". Outlook India. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  9. ^ Tewary, Amarnath (2 May 2019). "Wives of two dons battle it out in Siwan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 April 2020.