Sunila Devi

Sunila Devi
Personal details
Born	(1963-05-01) 1 May 1963 Olipur Lakhisarai, Bihar
Nationality	India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Sanjay Kumar Singh

Sunila Devi was born on 1 May 1963 at village Olipur in Lakhisarai district of Bihar. She is undergraduate and she had been a social activist and political worker. She is executive member of an NGO called People's Association for Research and Development,^[1] Patna which is working on financial inclusion of women and on the issues of women empowerment through micro-finance activities particularly in Nawadah district of Bihar.

Political Career

Sunila Devi had been grass root worker with her husband late Mr Sanjay Kumar Singh who had been two times MLA in the Bihar Assembly from Sheikhpura.Mr SK Singh had been also the State Minister of Rural Development.^[2] Sunila Devi is the daughter in law ^[3] of well known politician and MP Shri Rajo Singh . Sunila Devi won the election in the month of February 2005 from Sheikhpura constituency.^[4][5] Sunila Devi won in the re-election of October 2005^[6] and lasted for next five years. She was member of the Committee on Women and Child Development in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha.She was one of the most regular MLA in the assembly of Bihar.She was appointed acting President^[7][8] of Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress and worked for almost two years. She handed over the reins to Shrimati Vinita Vijay ^[9] as she wanted to concentrate more on the work of her own constituency of Sheikhpura.She contested the Lok Sabha elections as a candidate of Indian National Congress from Nawadah in the year 2009.^[10] She did contest the assembly election from Sheikhpura in the year 2010 and lost by narrow margins by Shri Randhir Kumar Soni^[11] of JDU.

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