Nauksham Chaudhary



Nauksham Chaudhary is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party.

Nauksham Chaudhary
Personal details
Born1993
Pema Khera, Nuh district, Haryana, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Alma materMiranda House
OccupationFashion Designer

Personal lifeEdit

Nauksham Chaudhary was born in 1993 into a Dalit family. Her father Ram Kumar Chaudhary, is a retired judge and a Hindu by religion and her mother, Ranjit Kaur is a bureaucrat and a Sikh by religion.[1] Also she grew up in Chandigarh and lived in Delhi.[2][3]

She did B.A from Delhi University and M.A in Modern Indian History from Miranda House, M.A in the Luxury Brand Management from Istituto Marangoni at Milan in Italy and M.A in Media and Communications from London, England.[4][5]

Political careerEdit

She joined Bharatiya Janata Party after returning to India and was nominated as a party candidate from the Punahana constituency in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly elections. But she lost to Md. Ilyas of INC, also a three-times MLA.[6][7][8]

She is also a lead in pro-CAA campaign in Haryana.[9]

ReferencesEdit

  1. Sethi, Chitleen K. (10 October 2019). "Milan to Mewat, Nauksham Chaudhary ditches fashion to help BJP win backward Haryana seat". ThePrint. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. Gupta, Poorvi (21 October 2019). "Nauksham Chaudhary, BJPs UK Returned Dalit Candidate from Punhana". SheThePeople TV. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. "Foreign return BJP candidate Nauksham trying to win Punhana voters' heart as 'Mewat's daughter'". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. Rao, Madhu (12 October 2019). "Seat watch Punhana: Nauksham Chaudhary to lock horns with Rahish Khan in Muslim-majority constituency". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. "'Will set up girls-only schools, colleges in Mewat': Punhana (Nuh) BJP candidate". The Indian Express. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. "Hindu Dalit Nauksham Chaudhary is BJP's choice in Muslim-dominated Punhana assembly seat of Haryana". Hindustan Times. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. "Nauksham(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- PUNHANA(MEWAT) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  8. Panda, Sushmita (24 October 2019). "Punahana election results: Congress' Mohammed Ilyas won by 816 votes". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  9. "From Milan to Mewat: BJP ropes in Nauksham Chaudhary to lead pro-CAA campaign in Haryana". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 December 2020.