Riti Pathak


Riti Pathak is a member of the Lower House of Parliament in India from Sidhi in Madhya Pradesh who belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She was first elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Sidhi seat of Madhya Pradesh, and won seat by defeating the INC candidate by a margin of 1,08,046 votes. She was re-elected to the 17th Loksabha in 2019. She won the Sidhi seat again by defeating the Congress candidate Shri Ajay Singh by a margin of 2,86,524 votes.

Early life, education, and personal life

Riti Pathak was born on 1 July 1977 in Village Khatkhari of District Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh to Smt. Shyama Pandey and Shri Ramkaran Dev Pandey.
She was brought up in Rewa. She did her bachelor's degree in history and Hindi literature followed by master's degree in history. Then she completed her graduation in LLB.
While in School and college she was also active in co-curricular activities and completed her all three NCC certificates by her graduation. She was Joint Secretary at GDC in 1994-95
In the year 1997, she married Shri Rajneesh Pathak.
With inspiration and support from her family, she started social works for women in her home constituency area. She was introduced to Politics when she contested for Jila Panchayat Adhyaksh, Sidhi and won. In 2014, she contested the election from constituency Sidhi of Madhya Pradesh and won by the margin of 1,08,046 votes. She was re-elected to the Loksabha in 2019. She is currently a sitting member of 17th Loksabha.

Positions held