Sudha Yadav

Sudha Yadav (born 16 October 1965) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including being part of their Parliamentary Board which is the party's apex organizational body. Elected from Mahendragarh, Haryana as a BJP candidate, she served as a member of the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004. Her recent induction to the BJP's Parliamentary Board [4] as well as the Central Election Committee has made her the only woman to hold the posts after the demise of senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.[5] On 3 July 2015, Sudha Yadav was appointed the national in-charge of the BJP OBC Morcha.[6][7][8] She has also served as an Honorable Member of the National Commission for Backward Classes, Government of India from 2019-2022.[9]

Dr. Sudha Yadav
Member of BJP Parliamentary Board
Assumed office
17th August 2022[1]
Preceded byNitin Gadkari
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Member, National Commission of Backward Classes
In office
28 February 2019 – 27 February 2022[2]
Member of Parliament (13th Loksabha)[3]
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byRao Inderjit Singh
Succeeded byRao Inderjit Singh
ConstituencyMahendragarh
Personal details
Born16th October 1965
Motla Kalan, Rewari, Haryana, India
Political party Bhartiya Janta Party
SpouseLate Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav
ChildrenTwo
ResidenceRewari
EducationM.Sc.(Chemistry) and is a Gold Medallist, Ph.D.(Chemistry) from Roorkee University (IIT Roorkee)
OccupationPolitical and Social Worker, educationist
As of 9 April, 2009

Personal life

Sudha completed her Master of Science (MSc) in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) in 1987 and obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee in 1992.[10] A lecturer by profession, she is mother of two children. Her husband, Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav of the Border Security Force, died fighting Pakistani intruders at the country's border in the Kargil war. She was fielded by the Bhartiya Janta Party as their candidate in the 1999 Lok Sabha polls, the year she joined politics.[11] She is also a recipient of the President’s Guide Award.[10]

1999 Lok Sabha Elections

There was a general view among the BJP’s top leadership that it needed a strong contender to face Congress in Haryana, which posed a big challenge for the BJP. It was then that present day Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in-charge of Haryana at the time for the BJP, proposed the name of Sudha Yadav to go up against Congress. Repeated attempts by the BJP leadership to convince her to contest the elections failed. Dejected, the leadership then tasked Narendra Modi with the responsibility of convincing her. She eventually agreed to contest the elections. In 1999, Modi donated Rs.11, given to him by his mother, to her election campaign and invited party workers to make contributions.[12] The decision turned out to be a turning point in her career as Sudha Yadav won the election against Rao Inderjeet Singh by a margin of a 1.39 lakh votes.[13] This win transformed her from a simple housewife to a successful politician having defeated a well-known, veteran politician. However, she could not win subsequent elections in 2004 and 2009.

Parliamentary Career

Sudha Yadav was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence from 1999 to 2000, a member of the Committee on Official Language and a member of the Hindi Salahakar Samiti of the Ministry of Civil Aviation. From 2000 to 2001, she was also a member in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Empowerment of Women, and from 2000 to 2004, a member in the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications.

References
  1. "BJP revamps premier parliamentary board after 8 years".
  2. "National Commission for Backward Classes".
  3. "List of Members".
  4. "BJP Parliamentary Board List".
  5. "Narendra bhai turned me to politics: BJP top panel's Sudha Yadav".
  6. "Amit Shah reshuffles BJP frontline, gives responsiblity [sic] of key states to his confidants". The Economic Times.
  7. "With eye on Bihar polls, BJP to set up new OBC front". Archived from the original on 5 July 2015.
  8. "BJP Questions JD(U)'s Source of Funds for Poll Campaign". March 2023.
  9. "NCBC Previous Commissions".
  10. "National Commission for Backward Classes". ncbc.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  11. "The shadow of a Martyr".
  12. "Will try to live up to expectations, says Sudha Yadav on inclusion in BJP board". ThePrint. Chandigarh. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  13. "Who is Sudha Yadav?". The Financial Express. 17 August 2022. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.



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