Yashoda Nilamber Verma is an Indian politician who is serving as Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Khairagarh Assembly constituency.[1][2] Yashoda is the member of Indian National Congress.[3][4]

Yashoda Verma
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
In office
2022–Present
Preceded byDevwrat Singh
ConstituencyKhairagarh Assembly constituency
Majority20,000
Personal details
Born1986 (age 37–38)
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceKhairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district

Political career edit

Yashoda fought 2022 by-poll as Congress candidate and won the by-poll which were necessitated after the death of Devwrat Singh.[1] Out of total votes cast, there were 1,65,407 votes; BJP candidate Komal Janghel got 67524; Congress candidate Yashoda Verma got 87,690; JCCJ candidate Narendra Soni got 1,218 votes; and 2,480 people pressed NOTA.[2]

Personal life edit

Born in 1986 in a Lodhi family,[5] Yashoda hails from Devaribhat village in Khairagarh tehsil of Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Diwan, Sandeep. "खैरागढ़ उपचुनाव में कांग्रेस की जीत, यशोदा वर्मा ने 20 हजार मतों से BJP प्रत्याशी कोमल जंघेल को हराया". Live Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  2. ^ a b Mallick, Avdhesh. "Congress' Yashoda Verma wins Khairagarh assembly seat by margin of 20,000 votes". The Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. ^ Seal, Rajashree (2022-04-16). "Congress' Yashoda Verma Wins Khairagarh Seat In Chhattisgarh With Over 20,000 Votes". Zee Media. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  4. ^ "The Journal of Parliamentary Information" (PDF). Lok Sabha. September 2022.
  5. ^ "Lodhi politics in Khairagarh, C.G."
  6. ^ "Candidate Details". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2022-12-19.