Purnima Niraj Singh
{{short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Purnima Niraj Singh
| office = Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
| education = Amity University, Noida
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1985|11|21}}
| birth_place = Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
| constituency = Jharia
| termstart = 2019
| spouse = Niraj Rajnarain Singh
| term_end = 2024
| predecessor = Sanjeev Singh
| successor = Ragini Singh
}}
Purnima Niraj Singh (born 21 November 1985) is an Indian politician and a former member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Jharia constituency in Dhanbad district.{{Cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11813-jharkhand-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |title=Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 - Jharkhand - Election Commission of India |access-date=22 February 2020 |archive-date=22 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222113108/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/11813-jharkhand-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/jharkhand-assembly-election-candidates-list-2019/purnima-niraj-singh-51041-6|title=Purnima Niraj Singh Election Results 2019: News, Votes, Results of Jharkhand Assembly|website=NDTV.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-22}} She married late Niraj Singh, the ex-Deputy of Dhanbad.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/ex-deputy-mayor-neeraj-singh-3-others-killed-in-jharkhand-gang-war-1362591.html|title=Ex-Deputy Mayor Neeraj Singh, 3 Others Killed in Jharkhand Gang War|website=News18|date=22 March 2017|access-date=2020-02-22}}
Career
She is Widow of Niraj Singh who is son of Raj Narain Singh younger brother of former minister and MLA Suryadeo Singh. She contested the 2019 Jharkhand State Assembly Polls from Jharia as a Mahagathbandhan and Indian National Congress candidate against her sister-in-law Ragini Singh, the wife of Sanjeev Singh an accused in the murder of her late husband Niraj Singh.{{cite web|url=https://www.patrika.com/dhanbad-news/bjp-mla-sanjeev-singh-surrendered-in-niraj-singh-murder-case-1551021/|title=हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर|website=Patrika News|date=11 May 2017|language=hindi|access-date=2020-02-27}}{{cite web|url=https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/jharkhand-assembly-election-2019-jharia-seat-sanjiv-singh-neeraj-singh-bjp-congress-ragini-singh-poornima-singh-1-1137073.html|title=वासेपुर में असली जंग, बीजेपी-कांग्रेस ने लगाया 2 वुमनिया पर दांव|website=aajtak.intoday.in|language=hi|access-date=2020-02-22}} Winning the elections by a margin of 12054 votes,{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/jharkhand-assembly-election/story/jharia-jharkhand-assembly-election-result-live-updates-1630642-2019-12-23|title=Jharia Election Result 2019: Congress's Purnima Niraj Singh wins|last=Jharia/Jharkh|first=India Today Web Desk|website=India Today|accessdate=2020-02-27|date=23 December 2019 }} her victory also marks a first for the Mahagathbandhan in the Jharia Assembly Seat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/jharkhand/dhanbad/news/bjp-for-the-first-time-in-nirsa-congress-won-after-52-years-in-jharia-063521-6286327.html|title=निरसा में पहली बार भाजपा, तो झरिया में 52 साल बाद जीती कांग्रेस|date=2019-12-30|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|access-date=2020-02-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/jharkhand-elections-brother-kills-brother-their-wives-contest-against-each-other-in-polls-1618681-2019-11-14|title=Jharkhand elections: Brother kills brother, their wives contest against each other|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-02-22|last3=Ist|first3=2019 06:41}}{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=23 November 2024 |title=Jharkhand Assembly results: Women kin of top politicians fare badly; two ex-CMs’ wives lose |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/jharkhand-assembly/jharkhand-assembly-results-women-kin-of-top-politicians-fare-badly-two-ex-cms-wives-lose/article68902277.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123150051/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/jharkhand-assembly/jharkhand-assembly-results-women-kin-of-top-politicians-fare-badly-two-ex-cms-wives-lose/article68902277.ece |archive-date=23 November 2024 |access-date=23 November 2024 |language=en-IN}}
Positions Held
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Description |
| 2019
|Member, Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Jharia |
| 2020
| •Member, Standing Committee on Library Development Committee •Member, Standing Committee on Request Committee |
References
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Category:People from Dhanbad district
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Jharkhand