Sheila Dikshit
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Sheila Dikshit | |
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| File:Sheila dixit.jpg Sheila Dikshit giving an Interview | |
| Chief Minister of Delhi | |
| Assumed office December 3, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Sushma Swaraj[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1938 Kapurthala, Punjab, British India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Vinod Dixit (deceased) |
| Children | son and daughter [2] |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi |
As of 12 November, 2008 Source: Government of Delhi | |
Sheila Dikshit (Template:Lang-hi, born 31 March 1938) is the Chief Minister of Delhi. She is from the Indian National Congress. Dikshit was sworn in as the Chief Minister for a third consecutive term of the Government of Delhi state in January 2009 after pulling a victory in November 2008 state elections. She is the second woman Chief Minister of Delhi and represents the New Delhi Constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi.
Early life
Dikshit holds a Master of Arts degree. She received her education in New Delhi, and later Miranda House, University of Delhi. She is also the recipient of Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, from the University of Delhi. She was married into the family of Shri Umashankar Dikshit, a noted independence activist and a former Governor and Union Cabinet Minister (in U.P. Vill. Ugu Distt. Unnao). Her late husband Vinod Dikshit was a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). She has two children, son Sandeep Dikshit, who is a member of parliament from East Delhi for Congress and daughter Latika Syed.[3][4]
Political career
During the period between 1984 and 1989, she represented Kannauj Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. As a member of Parliament, she served on the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha. Dikshit also chaired the Implementation Committee for Commemoration of Forty Years of India's Independence and Jawaharlal Nehru centenary. She represented India at United Nations Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984–1989). As President of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, she led her party to victory in the Assembly elections in 1998.
She has also served as a Union Minister during 1986-1989, first as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and later as a Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. She was shortlisted for the 2008 World Mayor award.[citation needed] As Chief Minister of Delhi, Dikshit was awarded the Best Chief Minister of India, by Journalist Association of India on 12 July 2008. In 2009, she was awarded Politician of the Year by NDTV.[citation needed]
Contributions
She represented India on the U.N. Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984–89). In Uttar Pradesh, she and her 82 colleagues were jailed in August 1990 for 23 days by the state government when she led a movement against the atrocities being committed on women. Electrified by this, hundreds of thousands of citizens all over UP joined the movement and courted arrest. Earlier, in the early 1970s, she was chairperson of the Young Women's Association and was instrumental in the setting up two of most successful hostels for working women in Delhi.
She is also the Secretary of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.[citation needed]
Controversies
Corruption
In 2009, Delhi lokayukta investigated a complaint filed by advocate Sunita Bhardwaj, a BJP worker, saying that Dikshit misused Rs3.5 crore received from the Central government under the Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission for Rajiv Ratan Awas Yojana to give out personal advertisements.[5] The lokayukta asked the President to censure Dikshit for "misrepresenting facts."[5][6]
CWG SCAM
Sheila Dikshit is Indicted by CAG in its report.
Coming down heavily on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, the CAG report says her government committed serious lapses and irregularities in the bidding process for procurement of different Games-related items and pointed out several instances of wasteful expenditure.The 743-page long report blames the Delhi government for the manner in which it went about its project for "Modernisation of Delhi Street Lighting System", since the decision on use of imported lighting was taken with the consent of the Chief Minister.
Moreover there were 8 direct charges against her in the Report.[7][8]
Parole to Manu Sharma
On November 2009, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit came under criticism for granting parole to Manu Sharma after media reports of him visiting night clubs in Delhi emerged. Manu Sharma is accused of murdering Jessica Lal and serving life sentence.
Paul Henry
Paul Henry, a TVNZ New Zealand broadcaster referred to New Delhi's chief minister Sheila Dikshit as "the dip shit woman" and "Dick Shit", going on to state that "it's so appropriate, because she's Indian, so she'd be dick-in-shit wouldn't she, do you know what I mean? Walking along the street... she's just so funny, isn't she?"[9] New Zealand Indian Central Association president Paul Singh Bains said the fact that TVNZ was still promoting the clip on its website showed it had "totally lost the plot" and was insensitive to the offence Henry had caused.[10]
References
- ^ "NewsLibrary.com - newspaper archive, clipping service - newspapers and other news sources". Nl.newsbank.com. 10 October 1998. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "The Cabinet of Ministers : Meet the Cabinet : Government of Delhi". Delhigovt.nic.in. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ^ "Sheila Dixit: Profile". Indian Express. 10 December 2003.
- ^ "Story: Past Tense, Future Perfect". India Today. 27 December 2010.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Censure Dikshit, Delhi lokayukta to President of India". Hindustan Times. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ "Delhi Lokayukta asks President to pull up Sheila Dikshit". NDTV. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/cag-report-raises-serious-allegations-against-delhi-cm_724408.html
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CWG-scam-CAG-report-indicts-PMO-Sheila-Dikshit/articleshow/9493693.cms
- ^ "Dikshit giggles: New Henry drama". Stuff. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ "Kiwi TV host now shown ridiculing Sheila Dikshit". Indian Express. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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