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 "excerpt": "Meenal Choubey is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who was elected Mayor of Raipur in 2025, winning by 153,290 votes after three terms as a councillor.",
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 "markdown": "# Meenal Choubey\n\nMeenal Choubey is an Indian politician and a member of the [Bharatiya Janata Party](https://www.edgepedia.org/bharatiya-janata-party) (BJP) who is the Mayor of Raipur Municipal Corporation.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> Before becoming mayor, she served three terms as a councillor of the Raipur Municipal Corporation and one term as the leader of the opposition in the corporation.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup>\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n| --- | --- |\n| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> |\n| Current office | Mayor of Raipur<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> |\n| Previous offices | Councillor, Raipur Municipal Corporation; Leader of Opposition, Raipur Municipal Corporation<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> |\n| Education | Graduate<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> |\n\n## Party affiliation\n\nChoubey has been a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup>\n\n## Early life and education\n\nChoubey is a graduate.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> A 2025 news report described her as 53 years old at that time.<sup>[2](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-nagar-nigam-chunav-2025-raipur-nagar-nigam-bjp-mayor-candidates-political-journey-of-meenal-choubey-2025-01-27)</sup> According to the same report, she began in student politics through the [Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad](https://www.edgepedia.org/akhil-bharatiya-vidyarthi-parishad), a student organization, and took part in demonstrations and sit-ins, including protests over the demands of women college students.<sup>[2](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-nagar-nigam-chunav-2025-raipur-nagar-nigam-bjp-mayor-candidates-political-journey-of-meenal-choubey-2025-01-27)</sup>\n\n## Career\n\nChoubey was elected three times as a councillor of the Raipur Municipal Corporation and served as the leader of the opposition in the corporation.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> A 2025 report described her as the sitting leader of the opposition and the senior councillor in the corporation at that time.<sup>[2](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-nagar-nigam-chunav-2025-raipur-nagar-nigam-bjp-mayor-candidates-political-journey-of-meenal-choubey-2025-01-27)</sup> The same report said she had been active in politics for about two decades, had held responsibility in the BJP's district unit and as a state-level office bearer, and had been active in the party's women's wing.<sup>[2](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-nagar-nigam-chunav-2025-raipur-nagar-nigam-bjp-mayor-candidates-political-journey-of-meenal-choubey-2025-01-27)</sup> In January 2025, the BJP chose her as its candidate for mayor of Raipur.<sup>[2](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-nagar-nigam-chunav-2025-raipur-nagar-nigam-bjp-mayor-candidates-political-journey-of-meenal-choubey-2025-01-27)</sup> She won the election and holds the office of Mayor of Raipur.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup>\n\n## Electoral history\n\nIn the 2025 Raipur Municipal Corporation election, Choubey was the BJP's mayoral candidate. She won by a margin of 153,290 votes, leading in every round of counting.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> Her opponent was the Congress candidate Deepti Dubey.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> The BJP won all 10 municipal corporations in [Chhattisgarh](https://www.edgepedia.org/chhattisgarh) in that election.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup>\n\n## Issues specific to Choubey\n\nIn September 2026, a video circulated on social media in which a young man, filming the poor condition of a road, appeared to use abusive and offensive language against Choubey.<sup>[3](https://nwnews24.com/mahapaur-minal-chaube-par-abhadr-tippani-se-bjp-parshad-naraz-dcp-se/)</sup> After the video appeared, a number of BJP councillors met the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Raipur Central, submitted a memorandum, and asked for action against those who had made the offensive comments on social media.<sup>[3](https://nwnews24.com/mahapaur-minal-chaube-par-abhadr-tippani-se-bjp-parshad-naraz-dcp-se/)</sup> In the same case, police detained Soma Dewangan, an anchor with the channel Mirror Chhattisgarh, in front of the Udyog Bhavan building and took her for questioning; a complaint had alleged that the video, which went viral on social media, used offensive and abusive language against the mayor.<sup>[4](https://khabarchalisa.com/raipur-mayor-meenal-choubey-video-case-soma-dewangan-detained/)</sup> Dewangan was subsequently arrested, and after spending about six days in judicial custody she was granted bail by a court and released from jail.<sup>[5](https://thelens.in/youtuber-soma-dewangan-released-from-jail-after-6-days/)</sup> The complaint against her and the related video did not, by themselves, establish any wrongdoing.\n\n## Positions and voting record\n\n### Women's participation in politics\n\nA 2025 report described Choubey as an energetic woman leader and noted her long activity in the BJP's women's wing, including participation in demonstrations and sit-ins.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup> The report also said that in each election she had succeeded in giving the BJP a large lead from her own ward.<sup>[1](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [BJP mayor candidate Meenal Choubey won by 1.5 lakh votes in Raipur Municipal Corporation, political journey](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/bjp-mayor-candidate-meenal-choubey-won-by-1-5-lakh-votes-in-raipur-municipal-corporation-political-journey-2025-02-15)\n2. [Raipur Nagar Nigam Chunav 2025: Political journey of Meenal Choubey](https://www.amarujala.com/chhattisgarh/raipur-nagar-nigam-chunav-2025-raipur-nagar-nigam-bjp-mayor-candidates-political-journey-of-meenal-choubey-2025-01-27)\n3. [Mayor Meenal Choubey: BJP councillors angry over offensive remark, seek action from DCP](https://nwnews24.com/mahapaur-minal-chaube-par-abhadr-tippani-se-bjp-parshad-naraz-dcp-se/)\n4. [Meenal Choubey video case: Anchor detained](https://khabarchalisa.com/raipur-mayor-meenal-choubey-video-case-soma-dewangan-detained/)\n5. [Youtuber soma dewangan released from jail after 6 days (thelens.in)](https://thelens.in/youtuber-soma-dewangan-released-from-jail-after-6-days/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › Politics and government › Government and public administration › Politicians and government officeholders (biographies) › East and Central Indian politicians*\n\n*Initially written Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 29, 2026 · Edited: Sep 29, 2026 · Last review: Sep 29, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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