Divya Maderna is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. She is a member of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

(INC) and was elected as MLA of the Osian constituency in the 2018 elections.

Life

Maderna is the daughter of government minister Mahipal Maderna and Leela Maderna. Her grandfather Parasram Maderna also worked in politics, serving as a cabinet minister in the

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

Legislative Assembly. Maderna holds a post-graduate degree in economics from the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

, England. In 2010, at the age of 26, she successfully contested the District council polls in Osian, Jodhpur. She contested the Rajasthan legislative assembly elections in 2018 for Osian,

Jodhpur Jodhpur () is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2023, the city has a population of 1.83 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and ...

on a ticket of the

and won. She lost in 2023 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Election to Bhera Ram Choudhary of BJP.

References

1984 births Living people Alumni of the University of Nottingham Women members of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress politicians from Rajasthan People from Jodhpur district Rajasthan MLAs 2018–2023 21st-century Indian women politicians {{Rajasthan-INC-politician-stub