Dimple Yadav
Dimple Yadav | |
|---|---|
| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Constituency | Kannauj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1978 Uttarakhand |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party |
| Spouse | Akhilesh Yadav |
| Relations | Mulayam Singh Yadav (Father-in-law) |
| Children | Aditi Yadav Tina Yadav Arjun Yadav |
| Residence(s) | Saifai village, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh |
| Alma mater | Lucknow University |
| Profession | Politician |
Dimple Yadav is an Indian politician from the Samajwadi Party who is a Member of the Indian Parliament. She is the wife of Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Early life and education
Dimple Yadav was born in 1978 at Almora, the second of three daughters. Her family is originally from Uttarakhand. She was educated in Pune, Bhatinda and Andaman and Nicobar island.[1] Her parents now live in Kashipur, Uttarakhand. She graduated in commerce from Lucknow University.[2]
Yadav married Akhilesh Yadav when she was aged 21. As of 2014[update], he is the incumbent Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. One of her hobbies is horse riding.[2] She's the sixth member of Mulayam Singh Yadav's family to become involved in politics. Some of guests at her wedding included Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna.[3] The couple have two daughters and a son.[4]
Political career
Yadav unsuccessfully contested the by-election for the Lok Sabha constituency of Firozabad in 2009 against actor turned politician Raj Babbar.[5] The by-election was caused by her husband winning a seat in the May 2009 general elections both in this constituency as well as in Kannauj and taking up his seat from there.[6]
Prior to her entry into politics, she had been involved in a disproportionate wealth case along with her family members.[7][8] She was elected unopposed from the Kannauj constituency to the Lok Sabha in 2012, after her husband caused another by-election by vacating the seat to enter the Uttar Pradesh legislative council.
Dimple became the 44th person in the country and only the fourth in Uttar Pradesh since the independence of India to be elected unopposed.[2] This situation arose when two candidates, Dashrath Singh Shankwar (Samyukt Samajwadi Dal) and Sanju Katiyar (Independent), withdrew their nominations. Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress had not nominated any candidates for the by-election; though the BJP clarified later that their candidate missed his train so he failed to reach in time to file his nomination.
This made her the first woman from Uttar Pradesh to elected unopposed in a Lok Sabha by-election, and second person after Purshottam Das Tandon's election from Allahabad West in 1952. She became the only woman MP whose husband was Chief Minister, and also one whose father-in-law was also a member of the same House.[2]
References
- ^ "Facts you didn't know about UP CM Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav". Daily Bhaskar. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Lok Sabha 2014 Elections: Dimple Yadav, a horse-rider gallops into politics". DNA News. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ Bhat, Vasudha (20 April 2014). "Jab they met: Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav". India TV News. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ Bhat, Vasudha (20 April 2014). "Jab they met: Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav". India TV News. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ Roy, Rustam (6 November 2009). "I am not fighting for family but for party's honour: Mulayam's bahu Dimple Yadav". Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Pradhan, Sharat (12 November 2009). "Analysis: Why Dimple Yadav came a cropper in UP bypoll". Rediff. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ SARIN, RITU; AMITAV RANJAN (14 December 2008). "Law Minister at the wheel in CBI's U-turn on Mulayam case". Indian Express. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ "Probe UP CM's money: SC to CBI". CNN-IBN. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
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