Prem Lata Katiyar प्रेम लता कटियार | |
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| UP | |
| Constituency | Kalyanpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1946 Farrukhabad (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Prem Lata Katiyar is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Life
She has been MLA From Kalyanpur Vidhansabha five times and Minister three times. She is the Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh unit. She is an ex MLA from Kanpur. She is from Kurmi community. Premlata Katiyar has been a minister in governments in Uttar Pradesh headed by Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta, Raj Nath Singh and Kumari Mayawati (when the BSP had a tie-up with the BJP).
Representing Kanpur's Kalyanpur Assembly seat (under which IIT-Kanpur falls) continuously since 1991, this Kurmi leader is not related to a more hard line UP BJP leader named Vinay Katiyar. Premlata's association with the BJP began with the anti-Emergency movement. Her daughter, Neelima Katiyar, is now MLA from Kalyanpur[1] and office-bearer in the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
References
- ↑ "Premlata Katiyar, A Kurmi Politician". www.ekurmi.com. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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