Prem Lata Katiyar

Prem Lata Katiyar (born January 1, 1946) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

Life
Katiyar is originally from the Kurmi caste. She has been elected MLA from Kalyanpur Vidhansabha five times and Minister three times. She is the current Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Uttar Pradesh unit, and an ex MLA from Kanpur. Premlata Katiyar has been a minister in governments in Uttar Pradesh headed by Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta, Raj Nath Singh and Kumari Mayawati (when the BSP had a tie-up with the BJP).

Katiyar has been representing Kanpur's Kalyanpur Assembly seat (under which IIT-Kanpur falls) continuously since 1991. Premlata's association with the BJP began with the anti-emergency movement. Her daughter, Neelima Katiyar, is now MLA from Kalyanpur and office-bearer in the state unit of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.