Louis Marandi
Dr. Louis Marandi is a cabinet minister in the state of Jharkhand: Portfolio:- Welfare (including Minority Welfare), Social Welfare, Women and Child Development.[1]
She is the only Popular Women leader from the Jharkhand BJP organization. She had taken various important roles for Jharkhand BJP. As President of Women wing of Jharkhand BJP earlier. She was also member of Jharkhand Women's Commission.
She has lectured at various colleges of Jharkahnd in Santali Subject. She was BJP candidate from Dumka assembly in 2009 assembly election of Jharkhand. She was defeated by Jharkhand Chief Minister and son of JMM Supremo Sibhu Soren Hemant Soren by about 3000 votes.
One of the biggest roles she played was as National Secretary of BJP in the year 2012 in the Team of Rajnath Singh. In the parliamentary election of June 2014, she played a vital role to win 12 seats from Jharkhand out of 14, though she can't manage her ticket from Dumka seat in that election due to internal politics of BJP.
In the current 2014 assembly election of Jharkhand, she defeated Jharkhand Chief Minister Hament Soren by 5262 votes and became one of powerful leader of Jharkhand politics. Now she is a cabinet minister of BJP lead Jharkhand government. She represents Santalpargan in Jharkhand government.