| Dr. Sudha yadav | |
|---|---|
| Sudha yadav | |
| Constituency | Gurgaon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rewari, Haryana, India |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| Spouse(s) | Late Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav |
| Children | Two |
| Residence | Rewari |
| Occupation | Political and Social Worker, educationist, |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | Sudha Yadav |
| As of 9 April, 2009 | |
Sudha Yadav is a former member of the lower house of India's parliament Lok Sabha. She was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha from 1999 to 2004, elected from Mahendragarh in Haryana as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. Her husband, Sukhbir Singh Yadav, Deputy Commandant of BSF, died fighting Pakistani intruders at border in Kargil war. A lecturer by profession, she is mother of two children. She was a member of JPC set up to probe soft drinks issue.[1] Dr. Sudha Yadav lost the 2004 election from Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency and the 2009 election from Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency as a candidate of the Bhartiya Janta Party.
This was the most traumatic as well as strange year in her life. She lost her husband in Indo-Pakistan Kargil conflict. Therefore she got a job as lecturer under preferential quota for war widows. Bhartiya Janta Party made her a candidate from Mahendragarh constituency for the election to Lok Sabha in 1999. This was the first election she ever fought. It successfully transformed her from a simple unemployed housewife to a successful politician who defeated a well-known veteran life-long politician. However she could not win the elections in 2004 and 2009. She is a graduated in 1987 from University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee).