Politics

7 Women Union Ministers in the new NDA government

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Nirmala Sitharaman (BJP)

Nirmala Sitharaman is a Rajya Sabha Member and served as the Union Finance Minister in the previous government. This is her third year in a row in the Union Cabinet. 

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Annapurna Devi (BJP)

Annapurna Devi is an OBC leader from Jharkhand. She is the second woman in the Union Cabinet. Annapurna joined the BJP after the death of her husband. 

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Savitri Thakur (BJP)

The 46-year-old was sworn in as Minister of State. She is a key tribal leader from Madhya Pradesh. She won the Dhar seat in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. 

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Nimuben Bambhaniya (BJP)

Nimuben defeated the Aam Aadmi Party's Umesh Makwana by a huge margin of over 4.5 lakh votes for the Bhavnagar seat. 

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Raksha Khadse (BJP)

Raksha is the daughter-in-law of former BJP leader Eknath Khadse. After her husband's suicide in 2013, Raksha competed and won in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and again in 2024. 

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Shobha Karandlaje (BJP)

Shobha Karandlaje is a three-time Lok Sabha member and won the Bangalore North seat against Congress' MV Rajeev Gowda with a margin of 2,59,476 votes. 

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Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal)

Anupriya Patel is a renowned OBC leader of the Kurmi community. She is the daughter of the late Dr. Soneylal Patel, founder of Apna Dal. 

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