{{short description|Indian politician}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Imarti Devi | image = | caption = | spouse = Puran Singh Suman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|04|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Datia district|Charbara]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], India | parents = Shri Ram Singh | citizenship = | office2 = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] | term_start2 = 2008 | term_end2 = November 2020 | constituency2 = [[Dabra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dabra]] | predecessor2 = [[Narottam Mishra]] | successor2 = Suresh Raje | office = [[Minister of Women and Child Development]],<br/>[[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Government]] | term_start = July 2020 | term_end = November 2020 | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] | term_start1 = December 2018 | term_end1 = March 2020 | 1blankname1 = Chief Minister | 1namedata1 = [[Kamal Nath]] | predecessor1 = [[Archana Chitnis]] | education = [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|HSC]] | profession = Politician, Agriculturist | footnotes = | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | date = 23 July | year = 2018 | source = {{cite web|url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/14thvs/2014_19.pdf |title=Biography |publisher=Vidhan Sabha, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly}} }} '''Imarti Devi''' (born 14 April 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She had served as [[Minister of Women and Child Development]] in [[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Government]], first in Kamal Nath's Congress government from December 2018 to March 2020, and later under Shivraj Chauhan's BJP government from July 2020 to November 2020.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/madhya-pradesh-ministers-get-portfolios-kamal-nath-keeps-lion-s-share-1419288-2018-12-28|title=Madhya Pradesh ministers get portfolios, Bala Bachchan gets home, Bhanot finance|author=Rahul Noronha |date=December 29, 2018 |magazine=India Today|language=en|access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref> She lost the [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections]] from Dabra against the Suresh Raje of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=11 Nov 2020|title=Madhya Pradesh: Imarti Devi among 3 ministers to lose {{!}} Bhopal News – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-imarti-devi-among-3-ministers-to-lose/articleshow/79162101.cms|access-date=11 November 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref name="इमरती देवी: पॉलिटिक्स में एंट्री के साथ ही बनीं सिंधिया की करीबी, यह हार चुभेगी">{{cite news |title=इमरती देवी: पॉलिटिक्स में एंट्री के साथ ही बनीं सिंधिया की करीबी, यह हार चुभेगी |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh/who-is-imarti-devi-how-she-can-become-jyotiraditya-scindia-favourite-dvmp/772027 |access-date=28 February 2025 |publisher=Zee News Hindi |date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228123458/https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh/who-is-imarti-devi-how-she-can-become-jyotiraditya-scindia-favourite-dvmp/772027 |archive-date=28 February 2025 |language=}}</ref><ref name="I have not lost, have just not won a seat: Imarti Devi">{{cite news |date=11 November 2020 |title=I have not lost, have just not won a seat: Imarti Devi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/i-have-not-lost-have-just-not-won-a-seat-imarti-devi/videoshow/79178216.cms |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228123518/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/i-have-not-lost-have-just-not-won-a-seat-imarti-devi/videoshow/79178216.cms |archivedate=28 February 2025 |accessdate=28 February 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
==Political career== She started her political career by becoming the Sr. Vice-President of District IYC, Gwalior in 1997.
During 2004–2009 she was a member of District Panchayat, Gwalior and is the chairperson of Block Congress Dabra since 2005. She was elected to [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for the first time in [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]. She subsequently got re-elected in 2013 assembly elections.
In December 2018, She was inducted into the [[Kamal Nath ministry|Kamal Nath cabinet]] as Public Health and Family Welfare of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. During [[2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis]], She supported senior Congress leader [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]] and was one of the 22 MLAs who resigned.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jyotiraditya-scindia-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/74561583.cms|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from Congress, more than 20 party MLAs quit|date=10 March 2020|work=The Economic Times|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title =22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/22-rebel-cong-mlas-whose-resignation-led-to-fall-of-kamal-nath-govt-join-bjp-11584797981690.html|publisher=Live Mint}}</ref>
==Personal life== She is married to Puran Singh Suman and has one daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Midst of Fresh Row, Imarti Devi Was Once a Farm Labourer Who Moved Up the Ranks with Scindia|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/imarti-devi-the-mp-leader-in-midst-of-verbel-duel-between-cong-and-bjp-was-once-a-farm-labourer-who-moved-up-the-ranks-with-jyotiraditya-scindia-2980904.html|access-date=19 October 2020|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>
==Legal Affairs== In November 2016, Gwalior sessions court had ordered to book Imarti Devi, as she was accused of harassing her nephew's wife for dowry. Later on the proceedings were stayed by the High Court and finally she was acquitted from all the charges.<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Bhopal: Gwalior session court orders to book Congress MLA Imarti Devi |url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-gwalior-session-court-orders-to-book-congress-mla-imarti-devi/976980 |accessdate=23 July 2018 |publisher=The Free Press Journal |date=24 November 2016 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180723051025/http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-gwalior-session-court-orders-to-book-congress-mla-imarti-devi/976980 |archivedate=23 July 2018 |location=Bhopal |language=English |url-status=live }}</ref>
==See also== *[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] *[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] *[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
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