Career
Her husband Vikram Verma is a senior BJP politician and former cabinet minister. Verma ran on the BJP ticket in the 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election from Dhar Vidhan Sabha Constituency. The final tally of votes was 50,510 to 50,509.
Goutam challenged Verma"s election and the recounting process in the Madhya Pradesh High Court in 2009.
He petitioned that there was a misconduct in counting the postal votes. The Indore Bench of High Court ruled in favour of Goutam on 19 October 2012, and declared Verma"s election void on the grounds of non-compliance of the provisions of the Representation of Peoples Acting.
Verma filled a recrimination petition against the eligibility of Goutam that he did not reveal his criminal background in his affidavit at the time of filing his nomination for the assembly election in 2008, leading to the violation of section 33 (A) and section 123 of Representation of the People Acting. However, the Bench rejected the petition on 23 November 2012.
Goutam was declared elected by the Court on 14 August 2013 and took his oath of office on 24 September 2013.
The BJP gave ticket to Verma to contest from Dhar Constituency in the 2013 state assembly election, held on 25 November.
