Irengbam Nalini Devi (born 1959) is an Indian politician from Manipur. She is an MLA of National People's Party from Oinam Assembly Constituency in Bishnupur District.[1][2] She is one of the five women elected to the 60-member Manipur Legislative Assembly in 2022, the highest in the history of Manipur.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Nalini hails from Irengbam Awang Mamang, Nambol post office, Bishnupur District. She is the wife of two-time former MLA, Irengbam Ibohalbi Singh, a medical doctor, who died of COVID in 2021.[5] She did her schooling at Oinam Girls High School, Oinam and her pre-university course at Imphal College, Imphal. Later, she completed her Bachelor of Arts in 1979 from C. I. College, Bishnupur, which is affiliated to Gauhati University.[1]
Career
After the death of her husband in 2021, Nalini contested as MLA on National People's Party ticket from Oinam and won for the first time in the seat represented by her husband in 2012 and 2007.[5] She won the 2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly Election from Oinam Assembly Constituency defeating Laishram Radhakishore Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 442 votes.[6][7] She polled 10,808 votes against 10,336 by his nearest rival Singh. In June 2023, she was part of the delegation of MLAs that met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh seeking the centre to put an end to the violence in Manipur.[8]