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Nirmla Wadhwani | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly, Gujarat | |
In office 2012–2017 | |
Preceded by | Maya Kodnani |
Succeeded by | Balram Thawani |
Constituency | Naroda |
Personal details | |
Born | 1964 (age 58–59) |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Nirmla Wadhwani is a politician from Gujarat and was minister for Women and Child Development in Vijay Rupani's cabinet. She represented Naroda in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Wadhwani is of Sindhi heritage. [1] She was previously a physician with specialization in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She had done a diploma in sonography from Croatia and has been the President of Ahmedabad Medical Association's Ladies Wing. She is affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is a member of its executive committee in Gujarat. As a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly,she has served on the committees on ICDS,PC-PNDT,Shala Arogya and MLA Quarters. [2] She won the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Naroda. [3] In August 2016,she was appointed Gujarat's Minister for Women and Child Development,the only female member in the cabinet of chief minister Vijay Rupani. [4]
In February 2017 session of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly,a debate on the issue of farmer's suicide turned into a scuffle and Wadhwani was injured. She accused a few MLA's of the Indian National Congress for injuring her arm. [5] The BJP has not included her name in its official list of candidates for 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. [3]
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