Anuradha Choudhary
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1960)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Honorable
| name = Anuradha Choudhary
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|8|29|df=y}}
| image =
| residence = Muzaffarnagar
| office = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
| constituency = Baghra
| term_start = 2002
| term_end = 2004
| office1 = Minister of Public Works Department in Uttar Pradesh state
| term_end1 = 2004
| office2 = Member of 14th Lok Sabha
| constituency2 = Kairana
| term_start2 = 2004
| term_end2 = 2009
| predecessor2 = Amir Alam Khan
| successor2 = Begum Tabassum Hasan
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| website =
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20061020013259/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4110
| predecessor1 =
| predecessor = Pradeep Baliyan
| successor = Paramjeet Malik
}}
Anuradha Choudhary (born 29 August 1960) is a politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. She has been a minister in Uttar Pradesh, and also a member of Lok Sabha. She started her career with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal, joined Samajwadi Party in 2012 and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/jat-leader-anuradha-joins-bjp/34181.html |title=Jat leader Anuradha joins BJP |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |date=2015-01-25 |accessdate=2018-06-08}}
Political life
In 2002 she was elected as the M.L.A. from Baghra and became the PWD minister in the state of Uttar Pradesh. In 2004 she was elected as the MP for Kairana on a Rashtriya Lok Dal ticket. She lost 2009 Lok Sabha election from Muzaffarnagar.{{cite news |title=Lok Sabha Elections 2019: How political families of west UP have charted their course |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-how-political-families-of-west-up-have-charted-their-course/story-NmBDm6JwDhdtD2Szt6OATI.html |access-date=12 June 2025 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612052810/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-how-political-families-of-west-up-have-charted-their-course/story-NmBDm6JwDhdtD2Szt6OATI.html |archive-date=12 June 2025}}
In January 2012 before the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, Anuradha quit the Rashtriya Lok Dal to join Samajwadi Party and was appointed the national general secretary of the party. She was stripped of the status of minister in UP after the party's big defeat in Lok Sabha polls in May 2014, whereupon she quit the party.{{cite news |title=Anuradha Choudhary quits SP, blames it on Azam |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/anuradha-choudhary-quits-sp-blames-it-on-azam/ |access-date=12 June 2025 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=24 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612052048/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/anuradha-choudhary-quits-sp-blames-it-on-azam/ |archive-date=12 June 2025 |language=en}}
In January 2015, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite news |last1= |last2= |first2= |title=Former RLD leader Anuradha Chaudhary joins BJP |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/former-rld-leader-anuradha-chaudhary-joins-bjp-25406.html |access-date=12 June 2025 |work=India TV News |publisher=India TV News |date=24 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115004606/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/former-rld-leader-anuradha-chaudhary-joins-bjp-25406.html |archive-date=15 January 2021|language=en}}{{cite news |title=Former RLD leader Anuradha Chaudhary joins BJP |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-rld-leader-anuradha-chaudhary-joins-bjp/articleshow/46003680.cms?from=mdr |access-date=12 June 2025 |publisher=The Economic Times |date=24 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612052037/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-rld-leader-anuradha-chaudhary-joins-bjp/articleshow/46003680.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=12 June 2025}}
References
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External links
- [http://myneta.info/loksabha2004/candidate.php?candidate_id=4475 Anuradha Choudhary affidavit]
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Category:People from Muzaffarnagar
Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007
Category:Women in Uttar Pradesh politics
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
Category:21st-century Indian women politicians