Priyanka Singh Rawat
Priyanka Singh Rawat is an Indian politician who represents the Bhartiya Janata Party.Early life
Rawat was born on 7 August 1985 at Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh to Uttam Ram Singh and Prabha Singh. Uttam Ram is a retired Provincial Civil Service officer. She received a M.A. degree in Political Science from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University in 2007. She also received a post graduate diploma in Mass communication and electronic journalism from the same university in the following year.Political career
Rawat participated in youth politics during her university days. She was elected library incharge at that time.
In June 2013, Rawat joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 16 March 2014, the party announced that Rawat would contest the upcoming general election from Barabanki constituency. She was elected to the Lok Sabha in May after defeating her nearest rival PL Punia of the Indian National Congress party by a margin of approximately 211,000 votes.Personal life
On 5 December 2007, Rawat married Raghunath Rawat, who is an Indian Revenue Service officer of the 2007 batch. They have two daughters.
