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Kiran Choudhry
Kiran Choudhary (born 5 June 1955) is an Indian politician from Haryana, who is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha with the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2024.[2] She is a four-time elected former Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Tosham (Bhiwani) under the Indian National Congress, preceded by her late husband, Surender Singh.[3][4][5] Her father-in-law, Bansi Lal has served as the Chief Minister of Haryana three times.[6] Originally a member of the Indian National Congress, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in June 2024.[5] Political careerChoudhry entered Haryana electoral politics following the death of her husband and Bansi Lal's son, Surender Singh, in 2005.[7] Choudhry became known as the daughter-in-law of former Haryana CM Bansi Lal, and first got elected as an MLA from Tosham (Bhiwani) in 2005, and has been a sitting MLA from Tosham (Bhiwani) since then.[8] In June 2024, she and her daughter, Shruti Choudhry, quit the Congress party due to differences with the party leader and ex-Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.[6] The differences had heightened during the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, when the Congress fielded a Hooda loyalist, Rao Dan Singh, instead of Choudhry's daughter, Shruti Choudhry, a former MP from the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh parliamentary seat.[7] Subsequently, both of them joined the BJP on June 19, 2024, in the presence of former CM Manohar Lal Khattar.[5] After joining the BJP, Choudhry claimed she was inspired by Prime Minister Modi's vision to develop India by 2047.[9] There were mixed reactions to her leaving the Congress party, wherein senior Congress MP Selja Kumari expressed regret over Choudhry's leaving and called it a loss for the party.[9] Another Congress MP attacked Choudhry, asserting it won't affect Congress as women could not be political heirs.[10][11] According to political analysts, as Choudhry belongs to the Jat community, she may help improve BJP's standing among the community, which makes up almost a fourth of the state's population, while also expanding influence in the Bhiwani region, where late Bansi Lal enjoys respect.[12] Electoral performance
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