Sangeeta Azad

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Azad Ari Mardan
(m. 2002)
Sangeeta Azad
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Children3
Alma mater Mumbai University (B.Sc),
Purvanchal University (B.Ed)
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Sangeeta Azad (born 24 June 1981) is an Indian politician. [1] She is elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Lalganj, in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party. [2] [3] [4] . Sangeeta Azad joined BJP on 18th March 2024.

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Personal life

Azad was born on 24 June 1981 to Ramlakhan Bhaskar and Indulata Bhaskar in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Mumbai University in 2003 and Bachelor of Education degree from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in 2007. She married Azad Ari Mardan on 25 May 2002, with whom she has a son and two daughters. She does social service and is a businessperson by profession. [1] [5]

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