Shilpi Neha Tirkey

Shilpi Neha Tirkey
Cabinet Minister, Government of Jharkhand
Assumed office
5 December 2024
Chief MinisterHemant Soren
Ministry and Departments
  • Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Co-operative
Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
June 2022
Preceded byBandhu Tirkey
ConstituencyMandar
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
ParentBandhu Tirkey

Shilpi Neha Tirkey (born 1993)[1] is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. She is serving as a member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Mandar since June 2022 representing the Indian National Congress.[2]

Early life and education

Neha Tirkey is from Hatia, Ranchi District, Jharkhand. She is daughter of Bandhu Tirkey.[3] She completed her post graduate diploma in marketing communication in 2015 at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. Earlier, she did her graduation in 2013 in Business Administration at Christ College, a deemed university in Bangalore. Her husband works as a second engineer in Merchant navy.[1]

Career

Neha Tirkey became an MLA for the first time winning the by-election for Mandar Assembly constituency in 2022 representing the Indian National Congress. The bypoll was necessitated as her father, Bandhu Tirkey, the sitting MLA was disqualified from the house after he was convicted in a disproportionate assets case. After winning, she became the youngest MLA in the house.[4] Later, she won the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. She polled 1,35,936 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Sunny Toppo of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 22,803 votes.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Shilpi Neha Tirkey(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- MANDAR (ST)(RANCHI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Jharkhand Mandar Assembly bypolls: Congress's Shilpi Neha Tirkey leading by over 10,000 vote against BJP's Gangotri Kujur". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Mandar By-Election: मांडर उपचुनाव से शिल्पी नेहा तिर्की रखी है राजनीति में कदम". Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ "CHRIST UNIVERSITY". alumni.christuniversity.in. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Mandar, Jharkhand Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: INC's Shilpi Neha Tirkey with 135936 defeats BJP's Sunny Toppo". India Today. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.