Meenakshi Lekhi information

Meenakashi Lekhi
Meenakashi Lekhi
Minister of State for External Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 July 2021 Serving with V. Muraleedharan & Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	S. Jaishankar
Minister of State for Culture
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	G. Kishan Reddy
Preceded by	Prahlad Singh Patel
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 June 2014
Preceded by	Ajay Maken
Constituency	New Delhi
Chairperson of Public Undertakings Committee
	In office; 30 October 2019 – 13 August 2021
Preceded by	Shanta Kumar
Succeeded by	Santosh Gangwar
Chairperson of Parliamentary Privileges Committee
	In office; 20 July 2016 – 29 October 2019
Preceded by	S. S. Ahluwalia
Succeeded by	Harivansh Narayan Singh
Personal details
Born	30 April 1967 (age 57); New Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Aman Lekhi
Children	2
Alma mater	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
Occupation	Lawyer; politician;

Meenakshi Lekhi (born 30 April 1967) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture of India from 7 July 2021. She is a Member of Parliament from New Delhi Parliamentary constituency in the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1] She is also a lawyer in the Supreme Court of India.

She won the high-profile New Delhi parliamentary constituency as a BJP candidate in the 2014 elections and was re-elected in 2019.^[2] In July 2016, she was appointed as chairperson of the Committee on Privileges of the Lok Sabha in Parliament.^[3] On 26 July 2019, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla appointed Lekhi as a chairperson of parliamentary committee on Public Undertakings^[4] and is continuing since then in that position.

Besides writing articles in journals, periodicals and newspapers on socio-political issues, she participates in various television shows on matters on national and international importance. Lekhi writes 'Forthwrite',^[5] a fortnightly column in The Week magazine. With her equal command over English and Hindi, she comes as a good debater in the parliament where she has participated in numerous debates on matters of national importance in the Lok Sabha, such as debates on "intolerance" in India^[6] and the Triple Talaq Bill.^[7] She has also distinguished herself as an active participant in the various parliamentary processes and was awarded with the "Best Debut Women Parliamentarian" award by Lokmat in 2017.^[8]

^ /Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4717
^ "Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
^ "BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi appointed chairperson of Lok Sabha privileges committee". The Indian Express. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ "दो कमेटियों का गठनः कांग्रेसी चौधरी एक के तो दूसरे की लेखी अध्यक्ष". Jansatta (in Hindi). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "Meenakshi Lekhi". The Week.
^ "Intolerance debate: Cong banned books to protect image of dynasty, says Meenakshi Lekhi" on Firstpost, 30 November 2015.
^ "Triple Talaq Debate: Muslim women should not worry when they have a brother like PM Modi, says BJP". www.indiatvnews.com. 28 December 2017.
^ "lokmat award for best RS, lS lawmakers" on the pioneer, 20 July 2017.

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[2] "Election Commission of India". Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

[3] "BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi appointed chairperson of Lok Sabha privileges committee". The Indian Express. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[Jansatta-4] "दो कमेटियों का गठनः कांग्रेसी चौधरी एक के तो दूसरे की लेखी अध्यक्ष". Jansatta (in Hindi). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[5] "Meenakshi Lekhi". The Week.

[6] "Intolerance debate: Cong banned books to protect image of dynasty, says Meenakshi Lekhi" on Firstpost, 30 November 2015.

[7] "Triple Talaq Debate: Muslim women should not worry when they have a brother like PM Modi, says BJP". www.indiatvnews.com. 28 December 2017.

[8] "lokmat award for best RS, lS lawmakers" on the pioneer, 20 July 2017.

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Meenakashi Lekhi


Minister of State for External Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021 (2021-07-07) Serving with V. Muraleedharan & Rajkumar Ranjan Singh
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	S. Jaishankar
Minister of State for Culture
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 July 2021 (2021-07-07)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	G. Kishan Reddy
Preceded by	Prahlad Singh Patel
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 June 2014
Preceded by	Ajay Maken
Constituency	New Delhi
Chairperson of Public Undertakings Committee
In office 30 October 2019 – 13 August 2021
Preceded by	Shanta Kumar
Succeeded by	Santosh Gangwar
Chairperson of Parliamentary Privileges Committee
In office 20 July 2016 – 29 October 2019
Preceded by	S. S. Ahluwalia
Succeeded by	Harivansh Narayan Singh

Personal details
Born	(1967-04-30) 30 April 1967 (age 57) New Delhi, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Aman Lekhi
Children	2
Alma mater	Faculty of Law, University of Delhi
Occupation	Lawyer politician