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From Kargil Widow to Governor: Who is BJP Leader Sudha Yadav?
- •Dr. Sudha Yadav has been appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka.
- •Her husband Sukhbir Singh Yadav, a BSF Deputy Commandant, was martyred in the Kargil War on May 26, 1999.
- •In 1999, PM Modi, who was then in charge of Haryana BJP, suggested that she contest the Lok Sabha elections.
- •She won the Mahendragarh seat by defeating Rao Inderjit Singh and served as an MP from 1999 to 2004.
- •She is notably the second woman from Haryana to become a Governor after Sushma Swaraj.
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Senior BJP leader Dr. Sudha Yadav has been appointed as the new Governor of Karnataka by President Droupadi Murmu. She is a prominent leader from Haryana and a former Lok Sabha MP.
Following the martyrdom of her husband, BSF Deputy Commandant Sukhbir Singh Yadav, in the 1999 Kargil War, Sudha Yadav entered politics after PM Narendra Modi—who was then the Haryana BJP in-charge—suggested she contest the Lok Sabha elections. She won the Mahendragarh seat in 1999.
Dr. Sudha Yadav holds a Ph.D. and a gold medal in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee. Politically, she served as a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes, national in-charge of the BJP OBC Morcha, and became the second woman from Haryana to serve as a Governor after Sushma Swaraj.
