Gulab Devi is an Indian politician and a member of
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, also known as Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, is the lower house of Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Indian state Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house. Member of the Legislative Assembl ...
of
India
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. She represents the
Chandausi
Chandausi is a city and a municipal board in Sambhal district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
The original name of the city was "Chanda Si", meaning "moon-like" (in Indian poetry, the moon is considered to be beautiful). Chandausi is a la ...
of
Sambhal
Sambhal (pronounced Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, sə̃bʰəl) is a city located in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city lies approximately 158 km (98 mi) east of New Delhi and 355 km (220 mi) north-west of the state capit ...
of
Uttar Pradesh
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. She is the current Minister of State (Independent charge) of Secondary Education in the
Government of Uttar Pradesh
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.
She was appointed lecturer in political science and later became principal in Bhartiya municipal girls inter college Chandausi district Sambhal.
Political career
Gulab Devi contested Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election as
Bharatiya Janata Party
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candidate and defeated her close contestant Vimlesh Kumari from
Indian National Congress
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by a margin of 45,469 votes. She was state vice president of
Bhartiya Janta Party
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from 2008 to 2012.
She spent two separate terms as Member of legislative Assembly of Chandausi
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...
. She was the
Minister of state (women welfare, child development and pustahar) in Uttar Pradesh government from 2017 to 2022 Bharatiya Janata Party
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.
Posts held
References
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Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Yogi ministry
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022
People from Chandausi
Living people
1955 births
Women members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027
21st-century Indian women politicians