Gulab Devi is an Indian politician, teacher, and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). |
She served as the MLA from Chandausi in Uttar Pradesh in 1991, 1996, 2002, 2017, and 2022. |
In 2023, a YouTube journalist was arrested for questioning her about unfulfilled promises at an event in Sambhal district. |
While studying at S. M. College in Chandausi, she joined ABVP, the student wing of the RSS. |
After her formal education, she became a teacher at Bhartiya M Girls Inter College in Chandausi. |
Later, she became the principal of the same college. |
Gulab Devi joined the RSS and worked as an RSS Pracharak in Uttar Pradesh. |
She became a member of the Estimates Committee in 1997. |
From 1997 to 2002, she worked in the Women’s Welfare, Child Development, and Nutrition ministry. |
From 2002 to 2003, she was a member of the Joint Committee on Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Denotified Castes. |
In 2008, she was appointed BJP UP’s vice president until 2012. |
That same year, she became the Minister of State for Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes. |
Before the 2022 assembly polls, about 200 BJP workers resigned due to her candidacy approval. |
Even after becoming an MLA, her father continued working as a washerman. |
She is a dog lover and has a pet Labrador. |