Lata Usendi

Lata Usendi
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Mohan Markam
Constituency	Kondagaon
In office 2003 – 8 December 2013
Preceded by	Shankar Sodi
Succeeded by	Mohan Markam
Constituency	Kondagaon
Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 July 2023
President	J.P. Nadda
Minister of Women And Child Development, Minister of Social Welfare, Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 22 December 2008 – 12 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Renuka Singh
Succeeded by	Ramshila Sahu
Personal details
Born	Lata Usendi (1974-05-01) 1 May 1974 Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent	Late Mangalram Usendi (father)
Residence(s)	Sargipal Para, Kondagaon
Education	B.A.
Occupation	Agriculture, Politician

Lata Usendi (born 1 May 1974) is an Indian politician who was Women and Child Development Minister of Chhattisgarh. She is Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party. She was Chairwoman of Woman’s Commission and State Supplies Corporation Chhattisgarh. She is currently a member in state assembly from Kondagaon.

Political career

Lata Usendi started her politics as a BJP divisional minister and became a councillor. After being elected as MLA for the first time in 2003, she became a minister. In 2008 also she won the election and became a minister. But lost the elections in 2013 and 2018. Lata Usendi had been Kanker BJP Mandal Minister in 1998. In 1999, she was elected councilor from the hospital ward of Kondagaon Municipal Council. In 2000, she became the district president of BJP Mahila Morcha in Kanker district. In 2002, she became the district president of Kondagaon BJP Mahila Morcha. In 2003, she was elected MLA for the first time by contesting elections from Kondagaon Assembly on BJP ticket. In 2004, she became the National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. She was also the General Secretary of District BJP Mahila Morcha Bastar. In 2004, he was the Chairman of the Committee on Welfare of Women and Children of the Thirty-sixth Legislative Assembly. Apart from this, he was a member of the committee related to the welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes.