Renuka Singh (politician)
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =Renuka Singh Saruta
| image = File:Renuka Singh Saruta PIB (cropped).jpg
| caption = Renuka Singh Saruta in 2021
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=y|1964|1|5}}
| birth_place = Podi, Koriya district, Madhya Pradesh, India
(now Chhattisgarh, India)
| residence =Ramanujnagar, Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Minister of State for Tribal Affairs
| term_start = 30 May 2019
| term_end = 7 December 2023
| predecessor = Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
| successor = Bharati Pawar
| minister = Arjun Munda
| primeminister = Narendra Modi
| office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019
| term_end1 = 7 December 2023
| predecessor1 = Kamalbhan Singh Marabi
| successor1= Chintamani Maharaj
| constituency1 = Surguja
| office2 = Minister of Woman & Child Development
Government of Chhattisgarh
| successor2 = Lata Usendi
| predecessor2 =
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = Raman Singh
| term_start2 = 7 December 2003
| term_end2 = 18 June 2005
| office3 = Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
| term_start4 = 2003
| term_end4 = 2013
| predecessor4 = Tuleshwar Singh
| successor4 = Khelsai Singh
| constituency4 = Premnagar
| term_start3 = 2023
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = Gulab Kamro
| successor3 =
| constituency3 = Bharatpur-Sonhat
| party = Bhartiya Janata Party
| spouse = Narendra Singh
| children = 2 Son & 2 Daughter
|country=India
|nationality=Indian
|profession=Politician, Agriculture
}}
Renuka Singh Saruta (born 5 January 1964) is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh who currently is a Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Bharatpur-Sonhat. She previously served as the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs of India from 30 May 2019 to 7 December 2023.{{cite news |title=Tribal MP Renuka Singh Takes Oath as Minister of State in Modi Cabinet |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/tribal-mp-renuka-singh-takes-oath-as-minister-of-state-in-modi-cabinet-2165711.html |access-date=19 March 2022 |work= |date=30 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319164846/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/tribal-mp-renuka-singh-takes-oath-as-minister-of-state-in-modi-cabinet-2165711.html |archive-date=19 March 2022 |language=en}} She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-meet-some-of-the-faces-from-pm-modis-new-team/articleshow/84203141.cms | title=Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got | publisher=The Economic Times | date=8 July 2021 | accessdate=8 July 2021}}
Political career
Renuka Singh started her political career as a member of the Ramanuj Nagar District Panchayat. Singh also served as the BJP Mandal President in Ramanuj Nagar. {{Cite web |title=Inspiring Story Of Renuka Singh - 1st Woman Likely To Be Chief Minister Of Chhattisgarh |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/chhattisgarh-cm-race-inspiring-story-of-renuka-singh-1st-likey-chief-minister-of-chhattisgarh-2695552.html |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Zee News |language=en}}
Renuka was first elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 and became Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Woman & Child development and Family welfare in Government of Chhattisgarh and again got re-elected in 2008.{{cite web |url= http://www.cgvidhansabha.gov.in/english/englishindex.htm |title= MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY |publisher=Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha, Government of Chhattisgarh |accessdate=7 November 2013 }}{{Cite web| title=माननीय सदस्यों के छाया-चित्र एवं जीवन परिचय | language=hi | trans-title=Photographs and biographies of honourable members | url=http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/satra/third_assembly/3RD_ASSEMBLY.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629081826/http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/satra/third_assembly/3RD_ASSEMBLY.pdf | archive-date=2019-06-29}} In 2013 Assembly election, she lost to senior Congress leader Khelsai Singh. In the 2019 general election, she again contested against Khelsai Singh and won by margin of 1,57,873 votes and became Union Minister of State of Ministry of Tribal Affairs.{{citation |title=PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/pm-modi-allocates-portfolios-full-list-of-new-ministers-1559288502067.html |work=Live Mint |date=31 May 2019 }}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Cabinet Ministers of Modi Government: Here's the full list of ministers in the Narendra Modi government of 2019 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/narendra-modi-swearing-in-ceremony-live-updates/article27358038.ece |access-date=19 March 2022 |work= |date=31 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319173105/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/narendra-modi-swearing-in-ceremony-live-updates/article27358038.ece |archive-date=19 March 2022 |language=en-IN}}
She successfully contested the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election from Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly constituency, becoming a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly for the third time. {{Cite web |title=Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BJP's Renuka Singh Saruta with 55809 defeats INC's Gulab Kamro |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/bharatpur-sonhat-assembly-election-results-2023-live-2470818-2023-12-03 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=India Today |date=3 December 2023 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5016 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
{{Second Narendra Modi Cabinet}}
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Category:People from Surajpur district
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh
Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha
Category:Narendra Modi ministry
Category:Women members of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2003–2008
Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2008–2013
Category:Women union ministers of state of India
Category:21st-century Indian women politicians
Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2023–2028
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