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United Women Front is a political party in India founded in 2007. [1] Suman Krishan Kant is the national president of the party. [2] [3] Parm Ahluwalia is the general secretary of the party. [4]

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Suman Krishan Kant, 74, was the wife of former Vice-President Krishan Kant. Suman has been at the forefront of active politics due to her in-laws' dedication to Mahatma Gandhi and her husband's political reign. Suman began her social activism in 1977 when the Mahila Dakshita Samiti (MDS) was formed. MDS was created to help women in distress who suffered from domestic and family violence. [5]

The focus of UWF is to provide a political party that includes women. Women cannot make decisions in issues that they are affected in without having enough numbers in decision-making. UWF addresses women's illiteracy, early marriage, and tokenism in parliament, and the safety of women. The political party wants to be included in all the facets of the mainstream political scenarios while empowering women to fight for equality. [5]

2008 elections

The UWF at first planned to have a candidate in each of the 72 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections that took place in 2008, but they only had one candidate by the time of the elections. [6]

2009 elections

During the 2009 elections the UWF fielded six candidates (four women and two men) in the general elections. [6]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Krishan Kant</span> Vice President of India from 1997 to 2002

{{Infobox officeholder | name = Krishan Kant | image = ఉపరాష్ట్రపతి శ్రీ కృష్ణకాంత్
A P J Abdul Kalam | primeminister = I. K. Gujral
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | term_start = 21 August 1997 | term_end = 27 July 2002 | predecessor = K. R. Narayanan | successor = Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | office2 = Governor of Tamil Nadu | 1blankname2 = Chief Minister | 1namedata2 = Muthuvel Karunanidhi | term_start2 = 22 December 1996 | term_end2 = 25 January 1997 | predecessor2 = Marri Chenna Reddy | successor2 = Fatima Beevi | office3 = 15th Governor of Andhra Pradesh | 1blankname3 = Chief Minister | 1namedata3 = Marri Chenna Reddy
Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
Nara Chandrababu Naidu | term_start3 = 7 February 1990 | term_end3 = 21 August 1997 | predecessor3 = Kumudben Manishankar Joshi | successor3 = C Rangarajan | birth_date = 28 February 1927 | birth_place = Kot Mohammad Khan, Punjab Province, British India | death_date = 27 July 2002 (aged 75) | death_place = New Delhi, India | parents = Achint Ram
Satyavati Devi | party = Janata Dal (1988–2002) | otherparty = Indian National Congress (Before 1977)
Janata Party (1977–1988) | spouse = Suman | children = Divya Deepti Handa, Rashmi kant and Sukant Kohli | grandchildren = Ekaa Kant Kohli, Virat Kant Kohli, Kartik Kant, Gaurav Kant | alma_mater =Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi,(then [[benaras college of engineeringBenaras Hindu University]]) | profession = Scientist | nationality = Indian | signature = Krishna Kant.jpg | caption = }} Krishan Kant was an Indian politician who served as the tenth vice president of India from 1997 until his death 2002. Formerly, he was the governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Chandigarh (1977-1980), and Member of Rajya Sabha from Haryana.

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