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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Imarti Devi
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|04|14|df=yes|}}
|birth_place = Village Charbara, [[Datia district]]
| residence = [[Dabra]], [[Gwalior district]]
| nationality = Indian
| citizenship =
| office2 = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 2008
| term_end2 = November 2020
| constituency2 = [[Dabra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dabra]]
| predecessor2 = [[Narottam Mishra]]
| office = [[Minister of Women and Child Development]],<br/>[[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Government]]
| termstart = July 2020
| termend = November 2020
|1blankname = Chief Minister
|1namedata = [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| term_start1 = December 2018
| term_end1 = March 2020
|1blankname1 = Chief Minister
|1namedata1 = [[Kamal Nath]]
| predecessor1 = [[Archana Chitnis]]
| education = [[Higher Secondary School Certificate|HSC]]
| profession =Politician
| footnotes =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| date = 23 July |
| year = 2018 |
| source =
{{cite web|url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/14thvs/2014_19.pdf |title=Biography |publisher=Vidhan Sabha, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly}}}}
'''Imarti Devi''' (b 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She had served as [[Minister of Women and Child Development]] in [[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Government]], first in Kamal Nath's Congress government from December 2018 to March 2020, and later under Shivraj Chauhan's BJP government from July 2020 to November 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/madhya-pradesh-ministers-get-portfolios-kamal-nath-keeps-lion-s-share-1419288-2018-12-28|title=Madhya Pradesh ministers get portfolios, Bala Bachchan gets home, Bhanot finance|last=BhopalDecember 28|first=Rahul Noronha|last2=December 29|first2=2018UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=3 August 2019|last3=Ist|first3=2018 06:48}}</ref> She lost the [[2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections]] from Dabra against the Suresh Raje of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=11 Nov|first=TNN /|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=06:32|title=Madhya Pradesh: Imarti Devi among 3 ministers to lose {{!}} Bhopal News – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-imarti-devi-among-3-ministers-to-lose/articleshow/79162101.cms|access-date=11 November 2020|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

==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 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]]. She subsequently got re-elected in 2013 assembly elections.

In December 2018, She was inducted into the [[Kamal Nath ministry|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jyotiraditya-scindia-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/74561583.cms|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from Congress, more than 20 party MLAs quit|date=10 March 2020|work=The Economic Times|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title =22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/22-rebel-cong-mlas-whose-resignation-led-to-fall-of-kamal-nath-govt-join-bjp-11584797981690.html|publisher=Live Mint}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She is married to Puran Singh Suman and has one daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=In Midst of Fresh Row, Imarti Devi Was Once a Farm Labourer Who Moved Up the Ranks with Scindia|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/imarti-devi-the-mp-leader-in-midst-of-verbel-duel-between-cong-and-bjp-was-once-a-farm-labourer-who-moved-up-the-ranks-with-jyotiraditya-scindia-2980904.html|access-date=19 October 2020|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>

==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.Later on she was succeeded in getting stay on the proceedings by High Court and finally she was acquitted from all the charges with the help of her Advocate Yash Sharma<ref>{{cite news |author=Staff Reporter |title=Bhopal: Gwalior session court orders to book Congress MLA Imarti Devi |url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-gwalior-session-court-orders-to-book-congress-mla-imarti-devi/976980 |accessdate=23 July 2018 |publisher=The Free Press Journal |date=24 November 2016 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180723051025/http://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/bhopal-gwalior-session-court-orders-to-book-congress-mla-imarti-devi/976980 |archivedate=23 July 2018 |location=Bhopal |language=English |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==See also==

*[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
*[[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]

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[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:People from Gwalior]]
[[Category:Women in Madhya Pradesh politics]]
[[Category:Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh]]

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