Renu Devi is an Indian politician and one of the two Deputy Speakers of Bihar. She is the first woman to be appointed as an MP from Bihar. He has been elected as MLA from Bettia Assembly Constituency of Bihar four times (2000-2015, then 2020-present).
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Renu Devi was born on Sunday, 1 November 1959 (age 61; as of 2020) in Bettia, West Champaran, Bihar. He completed his secondary education from MDDM College in Muzaffarpur, Bihar in 1977.
family and caste
Renu Devi comes from Nonya community, classified as Extremely Backward Caste (EBC) in Bihar.
parents and siblings
His father, Krishna Prasad, was a junior engineer in the Bihar Irrigation and Water Resources Department. His mother was associated with the RSS.
husband and children
She married Durga Prasad, a Kolkata-based engineer, in 1973. In 1979, after only 6 years of their marriage, her husband died. She has two children with her husband, a son and a daughter.
Political career
Renu Devi’s political journey began in 1988 when she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a member of its women’s wing, the BJP Mahila Morcha. In 1995, he contested and lost his first Legislative Assembly election from Nauthan Assembly constituency in Bihar on a BJP ticket. Thereafter, in the next Bihar Legislative Assembly elections in 2000, the BJP fielded Renu Devi from her home constituency, Bettiah. The decision turned out to be successful for the BJP and Renu Devi as she won the seat by a huge margin. He was the Sports, Arts and Culture Minister of Bihar in the Nitish Kumar Cabinet from 2005 to 2009. In 2014, the BJP appointed him as the party’s national vice-president, a post he had held until 20 January 2005. He won back the Bettia seat in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections and was elected as Bettia MLA for the fourth time by defeating INC candidate Madan Mohan Tiwari by 18,000 votes. Along with the victory came a major breakthrough in his career when he was named as one of the Deputy CMs of Bihar by the NDA government along with Tarkishore Prasad. On 16 November 2020, he was sworn in as the Deputy CM of Bihar.
Along with the post of Deputy CM, Renu Devi has been given additional charge of Panchayati Raj, Backward Classes Development, ECB and Industry portfolios.
Confrontation
He was punished for “surviving” in the government. bungalows
In July 2023, Renu Devi, along with several other BJP MLAs who had previously served in the NDA government in Bihar, were fined for exceeding their permitted stay at ministerial bungalows. Despite the houses allotted to the legislators, they continued to occupy the ministerial residences. As a result, Renu Devi was fined 1.26 million GEL for her actions.
Net worth
Renu Devi net worth is Rs 3.5 crore.
Address
Sakin, Lal Bazar Neer Power House, Bettia, District West Champaran, Bihar
Facts/Trivia
- Renu Devi grew up around Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) people. He said that from 1935 to 1972, his maternal grandfather’s house housed a small RSS office in Muzaffarpur.
- As a social activist, Renu Devi has long worked for the welfare of women in North Bihar and Champaran district of Bihar, even after entering politics.
- In the 1980s, the Bihar police arrested him during the Ram Mandir construction movement.
- After her husband’s death in 1979, Renu worked in a private company for two years before embarking on a career in social activism.
- Renu Devi has two criminal cases against him; However, none of them were convicted.
- Political experts believe that the appointment of Renu Devi as Bihar Deputy CM is an experiment by the BJP to expand its voter base among women and backward communities.
- Renu Devi owns a Mahindra Scorpio registered in her name.
- He is entitled to Rs. 2.4 lakh per annum for being an MLA in Bihar.
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