Annpurna Devi Yadav (born 2 February 1970) is an Indian politician, who is the current Minister of State for Education in the

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. She is also a

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(lower house of the

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) from Kodarma,

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . ...

in which she won the

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as member of the

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. She is also one of the National Vice Presidents of BJP. Previously, she was elected to the

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, from

Kodarma (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Koderma Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.It comes under Koderma Lok Sabha constituency. Bihar Members of Assembly Jharkhand Members of Legislative Assembly See also * Vidhan Sabha * ...

as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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