Meenakshi Natarajan (born July 23, 1973) is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n politician and Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 from Mandsaur

Mandsaur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Mandsaur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency covers the entire Mandsaur and Neemuch districts and part of Ratlam district.-Assembly segments:...

 in the 15th Lok Sabha

15th Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

. She is also AICC

AICC

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 secretary and is in the core team of Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and member of the parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress.-Early life and career:...

 for building the party.

Background

Meenakshi Natarajan was born in Birlagram Nagda, Ujjain

Ujjain

Ujjain , is an ancient city of Malwa region in central India, on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River , today part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative centre of Ujjain District and Ujjain Division.In ancient times the city was called Ujjayini...

 in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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. She is a post graduate in Biochemistry

Biochemistry

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 and did her Bachelor's degree in Law.

Organisational roles

She was appointed by P. A. Sangma

P. A. Sangma

Purno Agitok Sangma is an Indian politician. He is a former Speaker of Lok Sabha and Chief Minister of Meghalaya. He was a co-founder of the Nationalist Congress Party and remained a member of the Lok Sabha for eight terms, i.e. 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Lok Sabha...

 before quitting the Congress was to appoint her as the NSUI president. She was the NSUI

NSUI

National Student's Union Of India is a students organization and is a frontal organization of the Indian National Congress.-History:...

 president from 1999–2002 and was selected by Rahul Gandhi as AICC Secretary in 2008.

She worked with Baba Amte

Baba Amte

Murlidhar Devidas Amte, popularly known as Baba Amte was an Indian social worker and social activist known particularly for his work for the rehabilitation and empowerment of poor people suffering from leprosy....

, one of her icons apart from Anna Hazare

Anna Hazare

Kisan Baburao Hazare , popularly known as Anna Hazare is an Indian social activist and a prominent leader in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi...

 and Sunderlal Bahuguna.

2009 Elections

She was selected by Rahul Gandhi for contesting from Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. in 2009 general elections, which she won by over 30,000 votes defeating her BJP opponent Dr Laxmi Narayan Pandey who has been winning since 1971. She had coined the slogan Pradesh elections.

On her victory:

External links

• Official site