Priyanka Singh Rawat

Priyanka Singh Rawat is an Indian politician who represents the Bhartiya Janata Party.

Priyanka Singh Rawat
Member of the India Parliament
for Barabanki
In office
1 September 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byP. L. Punia
Succeeded byUpendra Singh Rawat
ConstituencyBarabanki
Personal details
Born (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Shri Raghunath
ResidenceMadhaipur, Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, India
Websitehttp://priyankasinghrawat.co.in
As of 17 December, 2016
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Early life

Rawat was born on 7 August 1985 at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh to Uttam Ram Singh and Prabha Singh. Uttam Ram is a retired Provincial Civil Service officer. She received a M.A. degree in Political Science from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University in 2007. She also received a post graduate diploma in Mass communication and electronic journalism from the same university in the following year.[1][2][3]

Political career

Rawat participated in youth politics during her university days. She was elected library incharge at that time.[4]

In June 2013, Rawat joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] On 16 March 2014, the party announced that Rawat would contest the upcoming general election from Barabanki constituency.[5] She was elected to the Lok Sabha in May after defeating her nearest rival PL Punia of the Indian National Congress party by a margin of approximately 211,000 votes.[4]

Personal life

On 5 December 2007, Rawat married Raghunath Rawat, who is an Indian Revenue Service officer of the 2007 batch. They have two daughters.[2][1]

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References
  1. "Rawat, Smt. Priyanka Singh". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. Kumar, Santosh (30 May 2014). "Barabanki MP Priyanka Singh Rawat of BJP". India Today. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. Khan, Hamza (30 May 2014). "Giant Killers". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. "32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituencies". The Economic Times. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. "Read list of BJP candidates for LS polls, Modi from Varanasi". India TV. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2019.


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