Manju Prakash

{{short description|Indian politician (born 1965)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Manju Prakash

| office = Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly

| image = File:Manju Prakash.jpg

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| caption =

| constituency = Buxar

| predecessor = Srikant Pathak

| successor = Sukhada Pandey

| party = {{ubl|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (from 2020)|CPIM (1986-2020)}}

| spouse = Ramdeo Verma

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}}

| termstart = 1990

| termend = 2000

}}

Manju Prakash is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly for over 10 years from Buxar (Vidhan Sabha constituency).{{Cite web|first=Sachchidan|last=Jha|date=February 29, 2000|title=New House to have three more women MLAs|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/New-House-to-have-three-more-women-MLAs/articleshow/18362802.cms|access-date=2020-11-13|website=The Times of India|language=en}} She got elected in 1990{{Cite web|title=Bihar 1990|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3897-bihar-1990/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}} and 1995.{{Cite web|title=Bihar 1995|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}} Her husband Ramdeo Verma also served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Bibhutipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency).{{Cite web|title=बिहार चुनाव 2020: माकपा ने विभूतिपुर से छह बार विधायक रहे रामदेव वर्मा को पार्टी से निकाला|url=https://www.jagran.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-cpim-expelled-a-six-time-mla-from-vibhutipur-ramdev-verma-from-the-party-21037449.html|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}} She has held the position of President of Bihar Women's Commission. After 2020, she left CPIM, and joined CPIML Liberation. Her father Jyoti Prakash was also a communist. He was a Dalit leader and was killed by upper caste Rais.