Amrita Rawat
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Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency disestablished
ConstituencyBironkhal
Born10 August 1958
Ekeshwar, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Amrita Rawat | |
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| Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2002–2012 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency disestablished |
| Constituency | Bironkhal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1958 Ekeshwar, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Shri Satpal Maharaj |
| Children | Shradhey, Suyesh |
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| Relatives | Prem Rawat (brother-in-law) Hans Maharaj (father-in-law) |
| Nickname | Shri Amrita Mata ji |
Amrita Rawat (born 10 August 1958), also known as Shri Amrita Mata ji (by her followers), was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, India. Shri Amrita Rawat is married to Shri Satpal Maharaj.
- In 1978, Elected as Joint Secretary of Students Union of Degree College for Girls, Kanpur.
- In 2002, Shri Amrita Rawat entered active politics during the first elections of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate. She, Won the election (from Bironkhal, Garhwal Seat) with record votes.[1] She was made the Minister of state with important portfolios like Energy, Women Empowerment, Irrigation and Child Welfare.
- In 2007, she was elected for the second time as MLA from Bironkhal Constituency.
- In 2012, again was elected from Ramnagar Assembly Constituency and continued as a cabinet minister with portfolios like Tourism, Horticulture, Culture, Alternative Energy, Child Welfare and Women Empowerment in state of Uttarakhand.
- In 2012, Shri Amrita Rawat was looking after alternative energy and tourism ministry of Uttarakhand.[2] until in May 2014, when Harish Rawat dismissed Shri Amrita Rawat because her husband Shri Satpal Maharaj quit Indian National Congress and joined Bharatiya Janata Party[3]
- On 18 May 2016, Amrita Rawat Joined Bharatiya Janata Party quitting Indian National Congress.[4]