Baby Rani Maurya

Baby Rani Maurya (born 15 August 1956) is an Indian politician, currently serving as a minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh since March 2022.

[6][5] As office bearer of this wing she assumed responsibility for strengthening the BJP's reach among members of the scheduled castes in Uttar Pradesh.

[9] The BJP nominated Maurya to contest the Etmadpur seat in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election; however, she narrowly lost to her Bahujan Samaj Party opponent, Narayan Singh Suman.

[6][8] She succeeded Krishan Kant Paul, whose term had officially expired on 8 July, but who remained in office until 25 August due to the delay in appointing his replacement.

A few days later, she was appointed National Vice President of BJP, with assembly elections in her home state of UP due in a few months.