The residents of the Baleswar headquarters town have reasons to cheer. A girl of the district, who has married a man in Jaunpur district in UP, has been elected as a MlA from Mariyahu Assembly seat. She contested the poll on a ticket from Apna Dal(S), an ally of the BJP.
leena Tiwari (45) joined the party before three months of the elections and she routed the incumbent MlA Shraddha Yadav of SP by a margin of 11,350 votes.
leena is the daughter of Jagdish Prasad Tiwari, a businessman of Motiganj area. Jagdish, who settled here about 60 years ago, runs a grocery shop in the town.
Born in 1972, leena did her schooling from RK Hindi Vidyalaya at Motiganj and higher studies from the KKS Women’s College. After her marriage to a businessman of Jaunpur district, Pawan Tiwari, in the nineties, she did her PhD in Ancient Indian History from the Poorvanchal University and subsequently, served as the principal of the Mariyahu Girls’ High School. She was associated with many social and cultural works.
Her father-in-law Rajkishor Tiwari was an MlA about 40 years ago. She was offered ticket by the Apna Dal party president Anupriya Patel after coming in contact with her, said leena.
She made a debut in active politics after being encouraged by her husband Pawan. Expressing her happiness over the victory, she said her priority in her constituency would be development and strengthening of basic infrastructure, road, electricity, connectivity and education. The success of leena has not only brought joy for her family but also to the community of the town.
leena has two brothers. While the elder one is a homoeopathic doctor, the other one is in legal practice.