Ranjeet Ranjan
| Ranjeet Ranjan | |
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| Member of the India Parliament | |
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Assumed office 16 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Vishwa Mohan Kumar |
| Constituency | Supaul |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 January 1974 Rewa, Madhya Pradesh |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Pappu Yadav (Rajesh Ranjan) |
| Children | 1 son & 1 daughter |
| Residence | Purnia |
Ranjeet Ranjan (born 1 July 1974) is an Indian, politician. She is member of the 16th Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Supaul, Bihar from the Indian National Congress party.
She is married to politician Rajesh Ranjan better known as Pappu Yadav a former three-time winner of the Lok Sabha polls, who has also won the 16th Lok Sabha election from the constituency of Madhepura, Bihar as an independent Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate.
In the 14th Lok Sabha, she won and became one of the youngest MPs of Saharsa in North Bihar, Even though Congress' star campaigners, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, have not canvassed her in Sapaul, she still managed to attract 332927 votes on her own and winning the elections against her immediate rivals Dileshwar Kamait of JD(U) and Kameshwar Chaupal of BJP.
Ranjan was born in Rewa, Madhra Pradesh brought up in Jammu, studied in Punjab and settled in Delhi. Further, her ancestors were Kashmiri Pandit turned Sikhs.
Ranjeet Ranjan also called as Ranjeeta Ranjan, was an active lawn tennis player in the Bihar circuit, when Pappu Yadav noticed her on the tennis courts in Patna in 1993. He proposed to her. Eventually, he converted to Sikhism and married her.
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