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'''Asha Rani''' is an Indian politician <ref name=tt>{{cite news
| title = MP don Bhaiya Raja's wife BJP MLA Asha Rani gets 10 year jail for killing maid | author = Anurag Upadhyay | publisher = India TV news | url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/crime/news/mp-don-bhaiya-raja-wife-bjp-mla-asha-rani-gets-10-year-jail-4257.html | date = 31 Oct 2013}}
The wife of Bhopal gangster Bhaiya Raja, BJP MLA Asha Rani was today
sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment by a local session court on
charge of killing her maid Tijji Bai.
</ref> belonging to the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She was a member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in [[India]] until convicted on charges of having abducted<ref name=ht>
{{cite news
|title=Now, all eyes on the trial of Tijji Bai death case
|publisher=Hindustan Times (Bhopal)
|url=http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
|date=31 May 2013
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608140626/http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
|archivedate=2014-06-08
}}She had been raped and kept as bonded labourer and was not allowed to venture
out.
</ref> a maid and abetted in her death by burning.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Tijji Bai murder case: BJP MLA Asharani's bail plea rejected
| publisher = Bhaskar News
| url = http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/MP-BHO-tijji-bai-murder-case-bjp-mla-asharanis-bail-plea-rejected-1945449.html
| date = 18 Mar 2011
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/bjp-mla-joins-exmla-husband-in-jail-for-forcing-slave-to-kill-herself/article5303119.ece|title=BJP MLA joins ex-MLA husband in jail for forcing slave to kill herself|author=Staff Reporter|date=1 November 2013|accessdate=29 May 2018|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref>

She was elected from [[Bijawar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bijawar]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] seat in the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008|2008 state assembly elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/nov08/trend_mp.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-12-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211061502/http://www.eci.gov.in/nov08/trend_mp.asp |archivedate=11 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.eci.gov.in/ae_2008e/pollupd/ac/states/s12/aconst51.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-12-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211074554/http://search.eci.gov.in/ae_2008e/pollupd/ac/states/s12/aconst51.htm |archivedate=11 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=147932|title=BJP names 12 candidates for MP elections, replaces 2|website=Merinews.com|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://search.eci.gov.in/ae_2008e/pollupd/ac/states/S12/Acnstcand52.htm]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.eci.gov.in/ae_2008e/pollupd/ac/states/S12/Aconst52.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-12-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211074559/http://search.eci.gov.in/ae_2008e/pollupd/ac/states/s12/aconst52.htm |archivedate=11 December 2008 }}</ref>

==Tijji Bai abduction and death==
Her husband [[Ashok Veer Vikram Singh]], a former [[Samajwadi Party]] member of the state assembly and a strongarm politician, had abducted Tijji and brought her to Bhopal where she became a bonded labourer.<ref name=ht/>

In 2007, Tijji Bai set herself aflame. The incident became well known when neighbours saw her in flames, but instead of running around she was sitting quietly.<ref name=ht/> Though a charge was registered, it was not followed up.

In May 2013, her husband was convicted in a murder case.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = Former Madhya Pradesh MLA Bhaiya Raja, 4 others get life sentence in murder case
| author = Ankur Sirothia
| publisher = Times of India
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Former-Madhya-Pradesh-MLA-Bhaiya-Raja-4-others-get-life-sentence-in-murder-case/articleshow/20363247.cms
| date = 31 May 2013
}}</ref> Subsequently, the Tijji-bai case was investigated, and Asha Rani was charged. She then went into hiding for several months.<ref>
{{cite news
| title = BJP MLA held in maid suicide case
| author = Milind Ghatwai
| publisher = Indian Express
| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/bjp-mla-held-in-maid-suicide-case/757980/
| date = 5 Mar 2011
}}</ref> When she was about to lose her state assembly seat for missing sessions for 60 days, she emerged to attend the assembly and was arrested.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/BJP-MLA-arrested-in-suicide-case/article14934985.ece|title=BJP MLA arrested in suicide case|date=5 March 2011|accessdate=29 May 2018|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref> She was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to ten years in jail. She was disqualified as a member of the legislative assembly under the provisions of the [[Representation of the People Act (India)|Representation of the People Act]] which disqualifies those who has been convicted under certain laws. She was the first legislator from the state and the first female legislator in the country to be disqualified under the law.<ref name=tt/><ref name="The Pioneer 2015">{{cite web | title=BJP MLA, Bhaiya Raja get 10-yr in jail | website=The Pioneer | date=1 February 2015 | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/bjp-mla-bhaiya-raja-get-10-yr-in-jail.html | accessdate=1 February 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Women in Madhya Pradesh politics]]
[[Category:People from Chhatarpur district]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian politicians disqualified from office]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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