Ritu Khanduri is an Indian political leader. She won the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections on the ticket of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In March 2022, she was elected as the first female speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. She also serves as the leader of the Uttarakhand Mahila Morcha unit of the BJP.
Wiki/Biography
Ritu Khanduri was born on Friday, January 29, 1965 in Pauri, Uttarakhand (age 57; as of 2022). Her zodiac sign is Aquarius. She received her BA (Honours) from Raghunath College for Women, Meerut University, in 1986. Later, she completed her postgraduate studies at the University of Rajasthan.
appearance
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Ritu Khanduri’s father is Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri, a former chief minister of Uttarakhand and a retired major general of the Indian Army. In 1982, he was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal. Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri was appointed Chief Minister of Uttarakhand twice, from 2007 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2012. Her mother’s name is Aruna Khanduri.
Ritu Khanduri and her parents
Her grandfather, Jai Ballabh Khanduri, was a journalist. Her grandmother, Durga Devi Khanduri, was a social activist. Ritu Khanduri has two siblings, one of whom is a politician named Manish Khanduri.
Manish Khanduri
husband and children
Ritu Khanduri is married to IAS officer Rajesh Bhushan, who was appointed as the Union Health Minister of India in 2022.
Rajesh Bhushan, husband of Ritu Khanduri
The couple has two children.
Profession
teacher
Ritu Khanduri started working as a professor at Amity University, Noida, in 2006. She taught there until 2017. In 2017, she joined politics at the behest of her father BC Khanduri. In a media conversation, one of her acquaintances said that Ritu Khanduri always wanted to become a teacher. He said,
She is a teacher and she is very satisfied with her teaching job. She was initially hesitant to venture into politics, but did so at her father’s request. This reluctance was initial, as now she is devoted to politics. She was crestfallen after being denied a ticket (from Yankeshwar) as she had cultivated the constituency well. “
politics
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri was defeated by his opponent Surendra Singh Negi in the 2012 assembly elections from Kotdwar seat. Since then, he has not participated in any elections. The estate of Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri was taken over by Ritu Khanduri in 2017. She won the election for the first time in the 2017 assembly elections from Yankeshwar constituency, defeating former minister Surendra Singh Negi. In 2022, she contested the assembly elections in Kodwar constituency on the name of the Bharatiya Janata Party and won by a wide margin. In March 2022, she was appointed as the sixth Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The first Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly was Prakash Pant, the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
assets/property
movable property
- Bank Deposit: Rs. 24,50,515
- Bonds, Bonds and Equity: Rs. 13,51,772
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs. 6,65,012
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 8,20,000
- Jewelry: Rs. 24,00,000 Total Value: Rs. 70,72,317
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs. 32,00,000
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 80,80,400
- Commercial Buildings: Rs. 20,00,000
- Residential Building: Rs. 1,35,00,000 Total: Rs. 2,67,80,400
Liabilities
- Bank Loans: Rs. 1,50,345
net worth
As of 2017, Ritu Khanduri’s net worth is Rs. 33702372 Crores.
Facts/Trivia
- Her full name is Ritu Khanduri Bhushan.
- Manish Khanduri is one of the siblings of Ritu Khanduri and a leader of the Indian National Congress. In 2019, he lost the Lok Sabha election from Garhwal constituency.
- In March 2022, soon after winning the assembly elections for Kotwal constituency, Ritu Khanduri promised Kotwal voters in a media conversation that she would work to ensure development. she says,
First of all, I would like to thank the party high command and the voters of Kotwa for the trust they have reposed in me. This is exactly the decade my father will campaign from here to ensure that development and the problems of local people are addressed. “
- Ritu Khanduri is still very active on her Facebook page. She often posts photos and videos of her political campaigns and rallies there. More than 15,000 people follow her on Facebook.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education