Sudha Yadav
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Tone|date=April 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Image of Dr. Sudha Yadav.jpg
| name = Dr. Sudha Yadav
| office = Member of BJP Parliamentary Board
| term_start = 17 August 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-revamps-premier-parl-board-after-8-yrs-101660759594814.html|title=BJP revamps premier parliamentary board after 8 years}}
| caption =
| office1 = Member, National Commission of Backward Classes
| term_start1 = 28 February 2019
| term_end1 = 27 February 2022{{cite web|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/UserView.aspx?|title=National Commission for Backward Classes}}
| office2 = Member of Parliament (13th Loksabha){{cite web|url=https://sansad.in/ls/members|title=List of Members}}
| term_start2 = 1999
| term_end2 = 2004
| constituency2 = Mahendragarh
| predecessor2 = Rao Inderjit Singh
| successor2 = Rao Inderjit Singh
| education = M.Sc.(Chemistry) and is a Gold Medallist, Ph.D.(Chemistry) from Roorkee University (IIT Roorkee)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1965|10|16}}
| birth_place = Motla Kalan, Rewari, Haryana, India
| residence = Rewari
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Political and Social Worker, educationist
| term =
| predecessor = Nitin Gadkari
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
| successor =
| party = {{flagicon image|BJP flag.svg}} Bhartiya Janta Party
| spouse = Late Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav
| children = Two
| footnotes =
| date = 9 April
| year = 2009
| source =
}}
Sudha Yadav (born 16 October 1965) is an Indian politician and a member of the Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Career
Sudha Yadav served as a member of the 13th Lok Sabha from 1994 until 2004 from her elected seat at Mahendragarh, Haryana.
On 3 July 2015, she was appointed the National In-Charge of the BJP OBC Morcha.{{cite news |title=Amit Shah reshuffles BJP frontline, gives {{as written|responsib|lity [sic]}} of key states to his confidants |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/amit-shah-reshuffles-bjp-frontline-gives-responsiblity-of-key-states-to-his-confidants/articleshow/47932331.cms |newspaper=The Economic Times}}{{cite web |title=With eye on Bihar polls, BJP to set up new OBC front |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/with-eye-on-bihar-polls-bjp-to-set-up-new-obc-front/article1-1365706.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705125052/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/with-eye-on-bihar-polls-bjp-to-set-up-new-obc-front/article1-1365706.aspx |archive-date=5 July 2015}}{{cite web |date=March 2023 |title=BJP Questions JD(U)'s Source of Funds for Poll Campaign |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/bjp-questions-jdus-source-of-funds-for-poll-campaign/905192}} She served as a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes for the government of India from 2019 to 2022.{{cite web |title=NCBC Previous Commissions |url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/UserView.aspx?TypeID=1175}}
On 17 August 2022, she became a member of the Parliamentary Board of the BJP.{{cite web |title=BJP Parliamentary Board List |url=https://www.bjp.org/parliamentary-board}} She is the second woman to hold the position, after Sushma Swaraj.{{cite web |title=Narendra bhai turned me to politics: BJP top panel’s Sudha Yadav |url=https://theprint.in/politics/too-early-to-say-if-khattar-will-be-2024-haryana-cm-face-says-bjp-top-panel-member-sudha-yadav/1155013}}
Personal life
Sudha Yadav obtained her MSc in Chemistry in 1987 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), where she went on to obtain her PhD in Chemistry in 1992. She is the recipient of the President's Guide award.{{cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/EmployeeProfile.aspx?Value=ToHyC6Eu3vjMBW9FOh3dNcYMdrQgFFco4VdM6xfL5%2FRD7E72mJ4db3CPWUWXgs%2F1%2FKOk1dfVZ98%3D |website=ncbc.nic.in |access-date=24 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418104213/http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/EmployeeProfile.aspx?Value=ToHyC6Eu3vjMBW9FOh3dNcYMdrQgFFco4VdM6xfL5/RD7E72mJ4db3CPWUWXgs/1/KOk1dfVZ98%3D |archive-date=Apr 18, 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}
Her husband, Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav of the Border Security Force, died in the Kargil war. She has two children.
1999 Lok Sabha Elections
In 1999, the current Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, then in-charge of the Haryana BJP, proposed Sudha Yadav as a candidate for the general election. It was her first year in politics.{{cite web |title=The shadow of a Martyr |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/08/27/the-shadow-of-a-martyr/1311c364-e814-4542-be97-91cb465d6011}} The BJP fielded her as their candidate and she defeated Rao Inderjit Singh by 1.39 lakh (139,000) votes.{{cite news |title=Who is Sudha Yadav? |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-sudha-yadav-haryana-leader-inducted-into-bjp-parliamentary-board-has-a-decades-old-modi-connection/2633859/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |work=The Financial Express |date=17 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418213451/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-sudha-yadav-haryana-leader-inducted-into-bjp-parliamentary-board-has-a-decades-old-modi-connection/2633859/ |archive-date=Apr 18, 2023 |language=en}}
She lost the subsequent elections in 2004 and 2009.
Parliamentary Career
- Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (1999-2004)
- Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence (1999-2000)
- Member,Official Language Committee (1999-2000)
- Member, Hindi Salahkar Samiti of the Ministry of Civil Aviation(1999-2000)
- Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications (2000-04)
- Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Empowerment of Women (2000-01)