29 Facts About Meenakshi Lekhi

Meenakshi Lekhi was born on 30 April 1967 and is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture of India from 7 July 2021 till 10 June 2024.

Meenakshi Lekhi was a Member of Parliament from New Delhi Parliamentary constituency in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Meenakshi Lekhi is a lawyer in the Supreme Court of India.

Meenakshi Lekhi won the high-profile New Delhi parliamentary constituency as a BJP candidate in the 2014 elections and was re-elected in 2019.

Meenakshi Lekhi has distinguished herself as an active participant in the various parliamentary processes and was awarded with the "Best Debut Women Parliamentarian" award by Lokmat in 2017.

Meenakshi Lekhi owns assets and liabilities of over 36,14,41,689 ~ 36 Crore+.

Meenakshi Lekhi has practised in various courts, including several tribunals, Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court.

Meenakshi Lekhi has practised in a range of forums across India and handled a range of issues pertaining to women in the courts, such as domestic violence, family law disputes and most importantly the issue of permanent commission of the lady officers in the armed forces.

Meenakshi Lekhi has been a part of the Drafting Committees for Bills like "Women's Reservation Bill" and "Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Bill".

Meenakshi Lekhi represented the media in court to get the ban on media coverage of case proceedings revoked.

Meenakshi Lekhi took up the case of the permanent commissioning of women in the Indian armed forces in the Supreme Court.

Meenakshi Lekhi said that this amounted to misuse of the Supreme Court's order and hence constituted a clear contempt of court.

Meenakshi Lekhi started her political career after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Meenakshi Lekhi quickly rose the ranks and was appointed as one of the vice-presidents of its women's wing, BJP Mahila Morcha in 2010 by the then party president Nitin Gadkari.

Meenakshi Lekhi was later appointed as a National Spokesperson of the party in 2013.

Meenakshi Lekhi was considered a strong supporter of the then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi within the party.

Meenakshi Lekhi contested in elections for the New Delhi constituency in the 2014 parliamentary general election and defeated incumbent Ajay Maken by a margin of 270,000 votes.

Meenakshi Lekhi is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians and has been nominated as a member of the Press Council of India by the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Meenakshi Lekhi has adopted the village Pilanji falling under her New Delhi parliamentary constituency to be developed as model village under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address.

In July 2017, Meenakshi Lekhi was honoured with the Lokmat Parliamentary Award as "Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian".

In terms of utilisation of MPLAD funds among the 7 MPs of Delhi, Meenakshi Lekhi had been found to spend the maximum amount.

Meenakshi Lekhi used Rs 2.50 crore out of Rs 5 crore released by the government in the very first year, which was 50 per cent of the total released.

Meenakshi Lekhi has been an active participant in the parliamentary processes.

Meenakshi Lekhi was reelected in the 2019 general elections against congress party candidate Ajay Maken in New Delhi constituency of New Delhi.

Meenakshi Lekhi got nearly 54 per cent of votes against only 26 per cent of votes of nearest candidate Ajay Maken.

Meenakshi Lekhi sparked controversy at the 'Awake Youth Conclave 2024' in Kozhikode, Kerala, on February 3.

Meenakshi Lekhi singled out a woman in yellow, asking her to stand and chant or leave.

Meenakshi Lekhi praised Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan for his past political stands during her speech.

Meenakshi Lekhi has been a member of the National Commission for Women's special committee, Chairperson of the Special Task Force on Women Empowerment, Vice Chairperson of JPM, Blind School and Joint Secretary of the Blind Relief Association, Delhi.