Sumitra Devi, who was the pride of Bhojpur, the Prime Minister of Women's Cabinet and the pride to turn six times MLA

Bhojpur has always been a country of political consciousness and social movements. The women here have also created golden history in politics with their courage, struggle and leadership skills. Sumitra Devi, a female MLA from the Bhojpur district, became the first woman to become a cabinet minister in Bihar. In 1963 he set a new record by becoming the Prime Minister of Cabinet. This process of writing golden history did not stop here; In the history of 17 meetings elections held in the Bhojpur district, he also records a record that he was elected MLA six times. Sumitra Devi set this record by winning elections of constituencies Jagdishpur, Piro and Ara. It is not that no one has tried more than them more than them, but despite a million attempts, no female candidate could not match this record or break this record of seven times a mla. Subsequently, his victory from the macaw meetings in 1962, 1967, 1972 and 1977 shocked political experts. Sumitra Devi was the daughter -in -law of Jagjivan Ram. She was originally from Mansudi Village in Jagdishpur. His son Manjul Prakash marries Jagjivan Ram’s daughter Meera Kumar. During her six -time mla, she also became the first female minister of cabinet level in the Bihar government. In the October 2005 election, two women won MAs together, and women set a new record for the first time in the October 2005 election in the Karbhojpur district. In this election, Asha Devi Barhara and Munni Devi won together from the Shahpur constituency. Before and thereafter, two women were never preferred together. In 2020, Kiran Devi created history by becoming the only MLA out of the message. In women, Jyoti, Asha and Munni Devi also won twice. Jyoti, Asha Devi and Munni Devi in ​​the Bhojpur district also fulfilled their dream of winning MLA’s election twice. Jyoti became MLA from the Sahar meeting in 1985 and 1990. Asha Devi won from the Barhra meeting in February 2005 and October 2005. Munni Devi became MLA of the Shahpur meeting constituency twice, October 2005 and 2010.