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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 61–62) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Nirmla Wadhwani is an Indian politician from Gujarat. She has served as the Minister for Women and Child Development,in the cabinet of chief minister Vijay Rupani. [1] She was previously a physician with specialization in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Wadhwani is of Sindhi heritage. [2] She earned a diploma in sonography from Croatia.
She was the President of Ahmedabad Medical Association's Ladies Wing. She is from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly,she has served on the committees on ICDS,PC-PNDT,Shala Arogya and MLA Quarters. [3] She won the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Naroda. [4] In August 2016,she was appointed as Gujarat's Minister for Women and Child Development,in the cabinet of chief minister Vijay Rupani. [1]
In February 2017 session of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly,a debate on the issue of farmer's suicide turned into a scuffle,during which Wadhwani was injured. She accused a few MLA's of the Indian National Congress for injuring her arm. [5] Following the incident,her name was not included in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) official list of candidates for the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. [4]