Dimple Yadav

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Dimple Yadav
Member of the India Parliament
for Kannauj
Assumed office
2012
Preceded by Akhilesh Yadav
Personal details
Born 1978
Uttarakhand
Nationality Indian
Political party Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s) Akhilesh Yadav
Relations Mulayam Singh Yadav (Father-in-law)
Children Three
Residence Saifai village, Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater Lucknow University
Profession Politician
Religion Hindu

Dimple Yadav is an Indian politician who belongs to the Samajwadi Party from Uttar Pradesh. She is wife of Akhilesh Yadav the incumbent Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Early life and education

Dimple was born in 1978 to the retired Indian Army Col SC Rawat[1] at Almora as the second of three daughters. Her family is originally from Uttarakhand. She was educated in Pune, Bhatinda and Andaman and Nicobar island.[2] Her parents now live in Kashipur, Uttarakhand. She graduated in commerce from Lucknow University.[3]

At age 21 and is married to Akhilesh Yadav, the incumbent (2014) Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. One of her hobbies is horse riding.[3] She's the sixth member from Mulayam Singh Yadav's family who has taken a plunge in politics. Some of guests at her wedding included Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna.[4] She has three children including two girls Aditi and Tina and a son, Arjun.[5]

Political career

Dimple Yadav unsuccessfully contested the by-election for Lok Sabha constituency of Firozabad in 2009 against actor turned politician Raj Babbar.[6] 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.[7]

Prior to her entry into politics, she had been involved in a disproportionate wealth case along with her family members.[8][9] 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 UP since Independence to be elected unopposed.[3] The election went unopposed after 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 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.[3]

Controversies

Yadav was embroiled in controversy when she commented defensively against the growing degree of rapes in her state(Uttar Pradesh).[10]

Celebrity MP

Yadav is now termed as celebrity MP in Uttar Pradesh. Many people and organizations are always keen to invite her in their functions.[11]

References

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Preceded by Member of Parliament – Lok Sabha (Kannauj)
2012 – present		 Succeeded by
incumbent


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