She has been MLA From Kalyanpur Vidhansabha five times and Minister three times. She is the Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh unit. She is an ex MLA from Kanpur. She is from Kurmi community. Premlata Katiyar has been a minister in governments in Uttar Pradesh headed by Kalyan Singh, Ram Prakash Gupta, Raj Nath Singh and Kumari Mayawati (when the BSP had a tie-up with the BJP).
