Meenakshi Lekhi is an Indian politician and lawyer. She is the MP from New Delhi parliamentary constituency and the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is also the vice president of BJP Mahila Morcha.
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Meenakshi Lekhi was born on 30 April 1967 (54 years as of 2021) in New Delhi. Their zodiac sign is Taurus. He did B.Sc. Graduated from. (Botany) from Hindu College, University of Delhi and joined Campus Law Centre-I to pursue LLB degree. After completing LLB, Lekhi registered himself with the Delhi-Bar Council in 1990.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 4″
Weight (Approx): 70 Kgs
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family, Caste and Husband
Meenakshi Lekhi belongs to a Hindu family. She is the daughter of Lord Khanna and Amarlata Khanna. Meenakshi was married to Aman Lekhi on 11 April 1992. Her husband is Additional Solicitor General in 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 with their sons Anirudh Nath Lekhi and Pranay Lekhi
His father-in-law Pran Nath Lekhi was one of the leading lawyers of the Supreme Court of India. His mother-in-law’s name is Kamala Lekhi.
Meenakshi Lekhi’s father-in-law Pran Nath Lekhi
Meenakshi Lekhi’s husband Aman Lekhi and mother-in-law Kamala Lekhi
legal career
Meenakshi started her career as a lawyer in the year 1990. He started practicing in various tribunals, Delhi High Court and Supreme Court. Lekhi has debated many issues related to women including family law disputes, domestic violence and issues related to permanent commission of women officers in the armed forces. He has also handled cases like bail, trials, revisions, appeals, criminal writs and Prevention of Corruption Act/Customs Act/FERA prosecutions. Meenakshi has been a member of the drafting committees of bills like “Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill” and “Women’s Reservation Bill”. He has 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 was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from the New Delhi constituency by defeating Ajay Maken by a margin of 2.7 lakh votes. On 12 June 2014, she was elected as a member of the House Committee. She has also been a member of the Standing Committee on Urban Development. On 20 July 2016, Lekhi assumed the post of Chairman of the Privileges Committee. In July 2017, she was awarded the “Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian” award at the ‘Lokmat Parliamentary Awards’. In the same year, she became a member of the Press Council of India. In December 2017, during the discussion on the Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament, Lekhi demanded strict punishment for religious leaders who support and facilitate the process of talaq-e-biddat (triple talaq). In the 16th Lok Sabha, Meenakshi has participated in around 125 debates, asked 435 questions and introduced 20 private member bills in the Lok Sabha (last budget session, as of 2019). In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he won the New Delhi seat against Congress’s Ajay Maken.
On 7 July 2021, he was sworn in as the Union Minister of State during the reshuffle of the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Meenakshi Lekhi is taking oath as cabinet minister.
controversies
- Meenakshi was embroiled in controversy when she allegedly revealed the name of the victim in the Tarun Tejpal rape case through her tweets. However, he later clarified that it was not him who tweeted this but someone had misused his phone to do so.
- When she went to file her nomination for the elections, she was also criticized for driving a jeep without wearing a seat belt.
- Lekhi again came into controversy by making sexual remarks on Ishrat Jahan in a television debate. Several women signed a letter asking Lekhi to apologize for her comments and sent the letter to the National Commission for Women.
- In 2015, Lekhi started a war of words with actress Dia Mirza over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on Mother Teresa. While Lekhi supported Bhagwat’s remarks and claimed that Mother Teresa had admitted in an interview that her aim was to bring people within the fold of Christianity, Mirza, whose father was Catholic, criticized the leader.
- On 12 April 2009, Meenakshi filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Rahul Gandhi for using the term “chowkidar chor hai” against Narendra Modi and misinterpreting the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the Rafale deal.
property/property
Meenakshi has movable assets worth around Rs 7 crore while she has immovable assets worth Rs 27.9 crore. He also has 1170 grams of gold worth Rs 32 lakh and 390 grams of Polki worth Rs 13 lakh.
Salary/Net Worth
Her net worth is estimated to be Rs 34 crore (in 2014) which includes the assets of her husband and her 2 sons. As a Member of Parliament from New Delhi, he gets a salary of Rs 1 lakh per month and some additional allowances.
Favourite Things
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- His hobbies include reading and travelling.
- Lekhi is one of the most active members of Parliament. His overall attendance in Parliament for the session 2019 has been 95%.
- She lives in C-98A, South Extension, Part-2, New Delhi.
- Her father-in-law Pran Nath Lekhi is known for handling the case of Satwant Singh, the killer of Zahira Shaikh, and Indira Gandhi, one of the culprits of the 2002 Gujarat violence.
- As a member of the NDMC, Lekhi got Dalhousie Road in New Delhi renamed as Dara Shikoh Road. He also played a major role in renaming Race Course Road (Delhi Road adjacent to the residence of the Indian Prime Minister) to Lok Kalyan Marg. Thus it changed the PM’s residence address from “7, RCR” to “7, LKM”.
- Lekhi is at the top among the 7 MPs of Delhi in terms of utilization of MPLAD funds. He utilized Rs 2.50 crore out of the Rs 5 crore released by the government in the very first year of his tenure.
- Apart from being a lawyer and politician, she has also been a social worker. Meenakshi Sakshi is associated with various institutions like National Commission for Women and NIPCD, which are working to protect the rights of women and children in India.
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