Imarti Devi


Imarti Devi is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was serving as a Minister of Women and Child Development in Madhya Pradesh Government from December 2018. She was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government of Madhya Pradesh on 2 July 2020.

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. She subsequently got re-elected in 2013 assembly elections.
In December 2018, She was inducted into the Kamal Nath cabinate 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.

Personal life

She is married to Mr. Puran Singh Suman and has one daughter.

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.