Shreya Verma

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Shreya Verma
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Political party Samajwadi Party
Parents
Relatives Beni Prasad Verma (grandfather)

Shreya Verma is an Indian politician who is Samajwadi Party candidate [1] [2] [3] [4] from Gonda in the 2024 Indian general election.

Early life and education

Verma went to Welham Girls' School in Dehradun and graduated in economics from Ramjas College. Her father Rakesh Kumar Verma is a former minister in the Uttar Pradesh government and her mother runs a degree college in Barabanki. Her grandfather Beni Prasad Verma was a founding member of the Samajwadi Party and a former Union minister who was elected Member of Parliament five times. [5] [6] [7]

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