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March 5, 1998

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Only four of Bihar's women could make it to New Delhi

Only four of the 21 women contestants in Bihar have made it to the 12th Lok Sabha.

They are Rita Verma from Dhanbad and Abha Mahato from Jamshedpur, both of the BJP, and Rama Devi from Motihari and Malti Devi from Nawada, both belonging to the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

While Rita, wife of Randhir Verma, a police superintendent who was killed in an encounter, has been representing Dhanbad from 1991, Abha Mahato, wife of Shailendra Mahato, the approver in the Jarkhand Munkti Morcha case, wrested the seat from the RJD, defeating her nearest rival, celebrated manager Russi Modi (Independent) by a margin of 14,000 votes.

Rama Devi, Bihar Energy Minister Brij Bihari Prasad's wife, wrested Motihari from the BJP's Radha Mohan Singh by 5,300 votes. Malti Devi, an RJD legislator, wrested Newada from the BJP.

In the 1996 election, only three among 41 women candidates were elected to Parliament.

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