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Madhu Azad is an Indian politician from Haryana representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the 2017 Gurgaon Municipal Corporation election, she was elected as the mayor of Gurgaon. [1] [2] She is first woman mayor of Gurugram. [3] [4] [5] Her term as mayor ended in 2022. The election was delayed as the delimitation exercise was not yet completed. [6]

She is from Gurugram, Haryana. She married Ashok Azad, a BJP party worker for over two decades. [7]

She made her electoral debut representing the BJP and won from Ward Number 7 in 2017 election and became a unanimous candidate after BJP president Subhash Barala held meetings with other party councillors and an all-woman team was formed. [7]

In November 2017, BJP won 14 seats in the 35 wards and with the mayor seat reserved for women belonging to Scheduled Caste in 2017, Azad won the post unopposed. [8] [9] In the elections held to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon in September 2017, 20 independent candidates won and BJP managed to secure the support of 12 councillors and won the Mayor post. [8] [10]

Controversies

In December 2019, 19 councillors wrote to the divisional commissioner demanding removal of the mayor and her deputies, under Haryana Municipal Corporation Act 1994 section 74, for allegedly running the corporation without taking the councillors into confidence. [11]

In September 2021, she had differences with the superintending engineer of MCG regarding a blocked drain in ward 22, and following her complaint, the engineer was suspended by the Haryana home and urban local bodies minister Anil Vij. [12] It resulted in a protest by the municipal corporation workers that went on for three weeks. [13] In turn, the engineering department workers raised allegations of her son attending the council meetings but she denied them, saying any resident could attend the civic meetings and raise the issues of their wards. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "BJP's Madhu Azad, a scheduled caste nominee, voted as Gurugram's first woman mayor". Firstpost. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mayor, councillors to approach Haryana CM for action against MCG chief engineer". Hindustan Times. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
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  4. ↑ "Gurgaon civic polls: BJP's Madhu Azad becomes city's first ever female mayor". The Indian Express. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Madhu Azad becomes Gurgaons first woman mayor". India Today. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ↑ Shukla, Prabhat (12 September 2024). "Gurgram battles civic woes as municipal polls pending for two years". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 "BJP's Madhu Azad elected G'gram Mayor unopposed". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 "Mayor: If someone has seen my son in my chair, let them show evidence". The Times of India. 11 September 2021. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "मधु आजाद मेयर तो प्रमिला कबलाना बनीं सीनियर डिप्टी मेयर". Live Hindustan (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 3 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  10. ↑ Agencies (3 November 2017). "BJP-backed councillor Madhu Azad takes over as Ggn Mayor". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "Mayor vs councillors in MCG: 19 boycott House meet, seek her removal". The Indian Express. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Kumar, Kartik (19 May 2022). "Mayor, councillors to approach Haryana CM for action against MCG chief engineer". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  13. ↑ Vaddiraju, Anil Kumar (13 December 2020), "Urban Governance, Local Democracy and the Future", Urban Governance and Local Democracy in South India, Routledge India, pp. 72–89, doi:10.4324/9780429281907-5, ISBN   978-0-429-28190-7 , retrieved 5 January 2025
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