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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sushma Kharakwal
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| office = 5th [[List of Mayors of Lucknow|mayor of Lucknow]]
| term_start = 26 May 2023
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| predecessor = [[Sanyukta Bhatia]]
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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| profession = Politician
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'''Sushma Kharakwal''' is an Indian politician from [[Lucknow]] who is currently serving as the mayor of [[Lucknow Municipal Corporation]] from 26 May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Lucknow's new mayor: BJP veteran, was Atal Bihari Vajpayee's loyalist|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/sushma-kharwal-bjp-mayor-lucknow-municipal-corporation-elections-101683974113933.html|date=2023-05-13|access-date=2025-03-29|publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lucknow Mayor Election Result 2023 - BJP's Sushma Kharakwal elected Mayor of Lucknow
|url=https://www.etnownews.com/news/live-lucknow-mayor-election-result-2023-counting-news-online-latest-updates-winners-losers-votes-count-sushma-kharkwal-bjp-vandana-mishra-samajwadi-party-sangeeta-jaiswal-congress-anju-bhatt-aam-aadmi-party-liveblog-100202121|date=2023-05-13|access-date=2025-03-29|publisher=ET Now}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lucknow New Mayor: सुषमा खर्कवाल बनीं लखनऊ की नई मेयर, कभी नहीं मानी थी कोश्यारी की बात...यूं ही नहीं मिली बुलंदी
|url=https://newstrack.com/uttar-pradesh/sushma-kharkwal-new-mayor-of-lucknow-political-career-and-personal-life-425877|date=2023-05-14|access-date=2025-03-29|publisher=Newstrack}}</ref>

She won the [[2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election|2023 LMC elections]] held in May representing the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] which held the post for over three decades.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-14 |title=Lucknow New Mayor:लखनऊ में बीजेपी मेयर प्रत्याशी सुषमा खर्कवाल की जीत, जानिए कितने वोट से सपा प्रत्याशी को हराया |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/up-uttarakhand/nagar-nikay-chunav/up-nikay-chunav-2023-result-who-is-lucknow-mayor-check-full-parshad-and-ward-member-winning-candidate-list/1694543 |access-date=2025-03-29 |publisher=Zee News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-14 |title=Sushma Kharkwal: कौन हैं सुषमा खर्कवाल जिन्होंने अपने प्रतिद्वंदियों को चटा दी धूल, दिवंगत पूर्व पीएम अटल बिहारी वाजेपेयी में आती थी स्कूटर से |url=https://www.ibc24.in/uttar-pradesh/sushma-kharkwal-become-mayor-of-lucknow-know-who-is-this-lady-1545171.html |access-date=2025-03-29 |publisher=IBC24}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kharakwal is from [[Uttarakhand]] but settled in [[Lucknow]], Uttar Pradesh. She is a Pahadi Brahmin and her husband, Prem Kharakwal, is a retired havildar from Indian army. Together, they have two sons, Manish and Mayank.

She did her graduation at a college affiliated with Srinagar Garhwal University, Uttarakhand.<ref>{{Cite web |title=एक सैनिक की पत्नी अब लखनऊ की नई 'कमांडर', सुषमा ने कभी अटल के लिए खूब दौड़ाया स्कूटर |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-who-is-sushma-kharkwal-new-mayor-of-lucknow-8161926.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522080846/https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-who-is-sushma-kharkwal-new-mayor-of-lucknow-8161926.html |archive-date=2023-05-22 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Hindustan |language=hi-IN |url-status=live }}</ref> She is a BJP worker for 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=I plan to ensure that the city continues to smile, says BJP's mayoral candidate in Lucknow |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2023/05/03/i-plan-to-ensure-that-the-city-continues-to-smile-says-bjps-mayoral-candidate-in-lucknow.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref> She served as the president of the Avadh region Mahila Morcha and was also a member of the Sainik Welfare Board and Railway Users Advisory Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UP Nikay Chunav: जानिए कौन हैं सुषमा खरकवाल, जिन्हें BJP ने लखनऊ से बनाया मेयर प्रत्याशी का उम्मीदवार - UP Nikay Chunav Know who is Sushma Kharkwal whom BJP has nominated as the candidate for mayor from Lucknow |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow-city-up-nikay-chunav-know-who-is-sushma-kharkwal-whom-bjp-has-nominated-as-the-candidate-for-mayor-from-lucknow-23387826.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kharakwal represented the BJP and won the mayoral election defeating her nearest rival Vandana Mishra of the Samajwadi Party by a margin of 20, 414 votes. She polled 335,035 votes. She won in 80 of the 110 wards.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-14 |title=Sushma sets record for highest winning margin in Lucknow |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/sushma-sets-record-for-highest-winning-margin-in-lucknow/articleshow/100219788.cms |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

=== Controversies ===
In January 2025, she made a controversial statement that 2 lakh Bangladeshis have entered Lucknow. Congress councillor Mukesh Singh Chauhan questioned her statement and demanded clarity on certain points.<ref>{{Cite web |title=लखनऊ में घुस आए हैं 2 लाख बांग्‍लादेशी, मेयर बोलीं- भविष्‍य में बन सकते हैं खतरा, झुग्गियों में वेरिफिकेशन शुरू |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/administration/up-lucknow-mayor-sushma-kharakwal-says-2-lakh-illegal-bangladeshi-living-in-city-latest-news-update/articleshow/116930205.cms |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref> In August 2024, she allegedly threatened to throw the officials of the Municipal Corporation into the dirty drains, if they failed to keep them clean.<ref>{{Cite web |last=राय |first=विवेक |date=2024-08-25 |title='गंदी नाली में डुबो दूंगी...' गंदगी देखकर मेयर सुषमा खर्कवाल ने जोनल अधिकारी को लगाई फटकार |url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/lucknow-mayor-sushma-kharakwal-reprimanded-zonal-officer-and-angry-for-dirt-drain-ann-2768834 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.abplive.com |language=hi}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mayors of Lucknow]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Women mayors of places in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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