New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) In Bihar, where government work in empowering its women is an issue constantly grabbing headlines, one name among few that has navigated the legacy of a political family while building her own profile through national and international sporting feats and, more recently, as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Jamui, is Shreyasi Singh.

The 34-year-old daughter of former leader of the Samata Party and Union Minister of State Digvijay Singh is defending her seat from the Jamui Assembly constituency, where she won the 2020 polls by a margin of about 41,000 votes over her nearest challenger Vijay Prakash of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

At the time of writing, she was leading by over 36,500 votes over her nearest rival, Mohammad Shamsad Alam of the Rashtri

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