Meenakshi Lekhi is an Indian politician and lawyer. She is the MP from New Delhi constituency and the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is also the vice-president of the Mahila Morcha of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Wiki/Biography
Meenakshi Lekhi was born on 30 April 1967 in New Delhi (54 years old; as of 2021). Her zodiac sign is Taurus. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. She holds a PhD in Botany from Hindu College, Delhi University and joined Campus Legal Center-I for her LLB. After completing his LLB, Lekhi was registered with the Delhi Bar Council in 1990.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′4″
Weight (approximately): 70 kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family, caste and husband
Meenakshi Lekhi belongs to a Hindu family. She is the daughter of Bhagwan Khanna and Amarlata Khanna. Meenakshi married Aman Lekhi on April 11, 1992. Her husband is Solicitor General of the Supreme Court. The couple has two sons, Pranay Lekhi and Anirudh Nath Lekhi.
Meenakshi Lekhi’s husband Aman Lekhi
Meenakshi Lekhi’s husband Aman Lekhi and her sons Anirudh Nath Lekhi and Pranay Lekhi
Her father-in-law, Pran Nath Lekhi, is one of the leading lawyers in the Supreme Court of India. Her mother-in-law’s name is Kamla Lekhi.
Meenakshi Lekhi’s father-in-law Pran Nath Lekhi
Meenakshi Lekhi’s husband Aman Lekhi and mother-in-law Kamla Lekhi
legal profession
Meenakshi started her career as a lawyer in 1990. She started practicing before various courts including the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court. Leahy has debated a variety of issues relating to women, including family law disputes, domestic violence and issues related to the permanent appointment of female officers in the Armed Forces. She has also handled matters including bail, trials, revisions, appeals, criminal writs and Prevention of Corruption Act/Customs Act/FERA prosecutions. Meenakshi is a member of the drafting committee of bills such as the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill and the Women’s Reservation Bill. She also represented the victim in the Shanti Mukund Hospital rape case.
Meenakshi Lekhi outside the Supreme Court
political career
Meenakshi Lekhi started her political career in 2010 when she became the National Vice-President of ‘BJP Mahila Morcha’. In May 2014, she defeated Ajay Maken by 270,000 votes and was elected as a member of the 16th Lok Sabha in the New Delhi constituency. On June 12, 2014, she was elected as a member of the House Committee. She also served as a member of the Urban Development Standing Committee. On July 20, 2016, Leahy served as Chairman of the Privileges Committee. In July 2017, she was awarded the “Best First Time Woman MP” award at the “Lokmat Parliament Awards”. In the same year, she became a member of the Press Council of India. In December 2017, while discussing the triple talaq bill in Parliament, Lexi demanded severe punishment for religious leaders who support and promote the process of talaq-i-biddat (triple talaq). In the 16th Lok Sabha, Meenakshi participated in around 125 events. debate, raised 435 questions and introduced 20 private member’s bills in the Lok Sabha (as of the last budget session of 2019). In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, she won the New Delhi seat defeating Congress MP Ajay Makan.
She was sworn in as the Union Minister of State on July 7, 2021, during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reconstituted Council of Ministers.
Meenakshi Lekhi sworn in as cabinet minister
dispute
- Meenakshi sparked controversy after he allegedly revealed the name of the victim in the Tarun Tejpal rape case through a tweet. However, she later clarified that she did not send the tweet but that someone misused her phone.
- She was also reprimanded for not wearing a seat belt while driving a jeep while filing her election nomination.
- Leahy has reignited controversy after her sexist slur against Ishrat Jahan during a televised debate. Several women signed a letter asking Leahy to apologize for her comments and sent the letter to the National Council on Women.
- In 2015, Raishi got into a spat with actress Dia Mirza over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks about Mother Teresa. While Leahy backed Bhagwat’s remarks and claimed Mother Teresa admitted in interviews that her goal was to convert people to Christianity, Mirza, whose father was a Catholic, lashed out at the leader.
- On April 12, 2009, Meenakshi filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court accusing Rahul Gandhi of using the term “Chowkidar Chor Hai” against Narendra Modi and misinterpreting it Supreme Court’s rejection in Rafale deal.
assets/property
Meenakshi owns movable assets worth approximately INR 7 crore, while she owns immovable assets worth INR 279 million. She was also in possession of 1,170 grams of gold worth INR 3.2 million and 390 grams of Polki worth INR 1.3 million.
salary/net worth
Her net worth is estimated at INR 340 million (2014), which includes the wealth of her husband and 2 sons. As a member of Parliament from New Delhi, she receives a monthly salary of INR 100,000 along with several perks.
favorite thing
fact
- Her hobbies include reading and traveling.
- Leahy is one of the most active members of Parliament. Her overall attendance rate at the 2019 parliamentary meetings was 95%.
- She resides in C-98A, South Extension, New Delhi, Part II.
- Her father-in-law, Pran Nath Lekhi, was convicted of dealing with Zahira Sheikh’s murderer Satwant Singh and Indira Gandhi, one of the ringleaders of the 2002 Gujarat violence. ) case.
- As a member of the NDMC, Lekhi renamed Dalhousie Road in New Delhi as Dara Shikoh Road. She was also instrumental in renaming Racecourse Road (Delhi Road adjacent to the official residence of the Prime Minister of India) as Lok Kalyan Marg. It therefore changed the Prime Minister’s residential address from “7, RCR” to “7, LKM”.
- Among Delhi’s seven MPs, Lehi ranks top in utilization of MPLAD funds. In the first year of her tenure, she spent Rs 250 crore out of the Rs 5 crore released by the government.
- In addition to being a lawyer and politician, she is also a social activist. Meenakshi is associated with institutions such as Sakshi, National Commission for Women and NIPCD that work to protect the rights of women and children in India.
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