Nimaben Acharya

Nimaben Acharya
Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
In office 27 September 2021 – 8 December 2022
Preceded by	Rajendra Trivedi
Member of Legislative Assembly, Gujarat
In office 2012–2022
Constituency	Bhuj
In office 2002–2012
Constituency	Anjar
In office 1995–1998
Constituency	Abdasa
Personal details
Born	Nagnesh, Surendranagar (Gujarat)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Bhaveshbhai F. Acharya
Education	M.B.B.S., D.G.O., M.D. (Gynec and Obstetric)
Profession	Doctor, Politician and Social Worker
Website	nimabenacharya.in

Nimaben Bhaveshbhai Acharya is a Member of Legislative assembly[1] from Anjar constituency in Gujarat for its 12th legislative assembly.[2] She previously served on the Gujarat family planning council.[3]

Incidents

In April 2017, Acharya was traveling to a funeral when her vehicle was attacked by unidentified males who hurled stones at it, breaking the glass of the car, but Acharya and her driver were unharmed.[4]

Controversy

She was indicted to one year jail term by Morbi Magistrate for buying voters with money along with ex-MLA Kanti Amrutiya during 2009 Loksabha polls.[5]

Political career

Not many know that she started her political career from Indian National Congress by winning 2002 & 2007 Assembly elections on a Congress ticket. But soon in 2007, her husband and 6 corporators switched sides to Bharatiya Janata Party, Nimaben followed her husband's path soon. [6]

She was thrown away from Congress party in 2007 due to anti party activities when she voted for Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in presidential elections.[7]

References

1. "Facebook Page". Facebook. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
2. "TWELFTH GUJARAT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". Gujarat assembly. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
3. Ketu H. Katrak (15 February 2006). The Politics of the Female Body: Postcolonial Women Writers. Rutgers University Press. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-8135-3715-3. OCLC 71844106. OL 19874395M. Wikidata Q66175057.
4. "Stones hurled at Gujarat BJP MLA Neemaben Acharya's vehicle". The Indian Express. 17 April 2017.
5. "One-yr jail term for MLA Nima Acharya, ex-MLA Kanti Amrutiya".
6. "Sitting Cong MLA's husband joins BJP". 8 April 2004.
7. "15 rebels ignore Modi, vote for Patil - Indian Express".

Gujarat's first women speaker