| Lata Usendi | |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1974 |
| Birth Name: | Lata Usendi |
| Birth Place: | Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh |
| Residence: | Sargipal Para, Kondagaon |
| Father: | Late Mangalram Usendi |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Occupation: | Agriculture, Politician |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Education: | B.A. |
| Office: | Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency: | Kondagaon |
| Term Start: | 3 December 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Mohan Markam |
| Term Start1: | 2003 |
| Term End1: | 8 December 2013 |
| Constituency1: | Kondagaon |
| Predecessor1: | Shankar Sodi |
| Successor1: | Mohan Markam |
| Office2: | Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party |
| President2: | J.P. Nadda |
| Term Start2: | 29 July 2023 |
| Office3: | Minister of Women And Child Development, Minister of Social Welfare, Minister of Sports & Youth Affairs Government of Chhattisgarh |
| 1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata3: | Raman Singh |
| Term Start3: | 22 December 2008 |
| Term End3: | 12 December 2013 |
| Predecessor3: | Renuka Singh |
| Successor3: | Ramshila Sahu |
Lata Usendi (born 1 May 1974) is an Indian politician who was Women and Child Development Minister of Chhattisgarh. She is Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party.She was Chairwoman of Woman’s Commission and State Supplies Corporation Chhattisgarh. She is currently a member in state assembly from Kondagaon.[1] [2]
Lata Usendi started her politics as a BJP divisional minister and became a councillor. After being elected as MLA for the first time in 2003, she became a minister. In 2008 also she won the election and became a minister. But lost the elections in 2013 and 2018. Lata Usendi had been Kanker BJP Mandal Minister in 1998. In 1999, she was elected councilor from the hospital ward of Kondagaon Municipal Council. In 2000, she became the district president of BJP Mahila Morcha in Kanker district. In 2002, she became the district president of Kondagaon BJP Mahila Morcha. In 2003, she was elected MLA for the first time by contesting elections from Kondagaon Assembly on BJP ticket. In 2004, she became the National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. She was also the General Secretary of District BJP Mahila Morcha Bastar. In 2004, he was the Chairman of the Committee on Welfare of Women and Children of the Thirty-sixth Legislative Assembly. Apart from this, he was a member of the committee related to the welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes.