Niranjan Jyoti

Niranjan Jyoti (born 1 March 1967), more commonly known as Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She was appointed the Minister of State for Food Processing Industries in November 2014. On 30 May 2019, she was appointed Minister of state in the Ministry of Rural Development in the Narendra Modi 2019 Cabinet.

Quotes

 * In a democracy it is the duty of the state governments to ban cow slaughter. There are a lot of things to eat in this country apart from cow.
 * As quoted in "Duty of state govts to ban cow slaughter, says Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti in Kolkata" The Indian Express (23 November 2015)