When Digvijay Singh passed a highly irresponsible sexist remark for
Meenakshi Natarajan, everyone was taken aback. First, Digvijay Singh is not
known for making slip of tongue. All of his controversial statements have been
well calculated and in line with the overall political strategy of the
Congress. Second, Meenakshi Natarajan is not as such a glamorous lady. She
looks quite down-to-earth without an iota of attractiveness. Digvijay Singh
uttered ‘Tunch
Maal Hai’ in her own constituency Mandsaur.
Meenakshi Natarajan Political Career
Meenakshi Natarajan is not from Tamil Nadu as many people believe.
Actually, she is from Ujjain, MP. Her birth place is known for being an area of
influence for RSS. Yet, she decided to join Congress and threw her weight
behind the party during her post-graduation. She was supported by none other
than Digvijay Singh.
She was the President of NSUI, the youth wing of Congress Party from
1999 to 2002. Digvijay Singh made her the President of Madhya Pradesh Youth
Congress in 2002. The party lost the MP Assembly Election in 2003, but she
remained the president till 2005. Soon she became a close confidant of Rahul
Gandhi. Rahul ensured that she got a Lok Sabha ticket from Mandsaur in 2009.
Actually, very few veteran congressmen were interested in fighting election
from Mandsaur which was considered as a safe seat for the BJP. Congress had
last won Mandsaur in 1967 General Election. Lakshmi Pandey was the MP from
Mandsaur since 1971, first from Jan Sangh, then Janta Party and at last with
the BJP since 1984. However, Meenakshi Natarajan surprised many by winning the
seat comfortably. It was a rude shock for many Congress stalwarts from MP. It
is said that young voters of Mandsaur were behind her success. However, she
couldn't face the Modi Wave and badly lost the 2014 General Election.
Meenakshi is endowed with amazing oratorical skills which coupled with
her prudent organization expertise make her in line with BJP’s firebrand Uma
Bharati and Shiv Raj Singh Chauhan in MP. She is also considered to be quite
close to Mukul Wasnik. In fact, it was Mukul Wasnik and Digvijay Singh which
led her into the interior circle of Rahul Gandhi.
It should be noticed that Sonia Gandhi had personally canvassed for her in 2009 Lok Sabha election.
Rahul Gandhi had proposed her name for AICC Secretary in 2008 which was
accepted.
Family and Husband of Meenakshi Natarajan
Meenakshi Natarajan belonged to a very modest and humble family. There
is no high profile political figure in her family. It is nothing short of
surprising that how she rose so prominently without getting any personal
political support. She says that her elevation is a reply to BJP people about
their claim of dynasty rule in the Congress party. There is little information
available about the husband of Meenakshi Natarajan in the public domain.
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