Ketki Devi Singh (born 3 July 1958) is a former Member of Parliament and former District Panchayat President elected from the

Gonda district Gonda district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city of Gonda is the district headquarters, and also the administrative centre for the Devipatan Division. The total area of Gonda district is . History Gonda was origina ...

constituency in the

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n state of

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being a

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candidate.

Early life

Ketki was born on 3 July 1958 in Brijmanganj in

Maharajganj district Maharajganj district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, and the town of Maharajganj is the district headquarters. District is a part Gorakhpur division. It is located in Terai region of Himalayas, bordering Ne ...

in (

). She married

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (born 8 January 1957) is an Indian politician. He was a six-time Member of Parliament from Kaiserganj as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the president of the Wrestling Federation of India. His politica ...

on 11 May 1980. She has three sons and a daughter including one eldest son Shakti Singh deceased, second son Prateek Bhushan Singh currently serving as a B.J.P. M.L.A. for 2 terms from the Gonda Assembly Constituency, youngest son Karan Bhushan Singh is currently serving as a B.J.P. M.P. from Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency and is also serving as the Current President of Uttar Pradesh State Wrestling Association and is the former Vice President of

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(W.F.I.). He is still serving as a Senior Executive Member of W.F.I. Ketki's spouse

has served as a 6 Term M.P. from the

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constituencies, Kaiserganj Loksabha Constituency, Gonda Lok Sabha Constituency and the then

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. Brij Bhushan has also served as the President of

(2011-24).

References

India MPs 1996–1997 Women in Uttar Pradesh politics Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014 1958 births Living people 20th-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian politicians People from Gonda district {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub