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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr. Indira Hridayesh
| image = Indira Hridayesh LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|04|07|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|6|13|1941|4|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ayodhya]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| residence =
| office = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2017
| term_end = 13 June 2021
| predecessor = [[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]
| successor = [[Pritam Singh (Uttarakhand politician)|Pritam Singh]]
| office2 = Member of Legislative Assembly for [[Haldwani (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Haldwani]]
| term_start2 = 2012
| term_end2 = 13 June 2021
| predecessor2 = [[Banshidhar Bhagat]]
| term_start3 = 2002
| term_end3 = 2007
| predecessor3 = [[Tilak Raj Behar]]
| successor3 = [[Banshidhar Bhagat]]
| spouse = Hridayesh Kumar
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''Indira Hridayesh''' (7 April 1941 – 13 June 2021) was an Indian politician, from the state of [[Uttarakhand]]. She was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] party. Hridayesh was a elected to the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]] for four terms, from 1974 to 2000. She was elected to the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Uttarakahand Legislative Assembly]] in 2002, 2012, and 2017, and between 2002 and 2017, was the State Finance Minister for Uttarakhand. From 2017 onward, she was the leader of the Opposition for the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]].

== Biography ==
Hridayesh was born on 7 April 1941, either in [[Allahabad]] or in [[Pilibhit|Pilbhit]], in [[Uttar Pradesh]], according to sources. Her family was from Dasauli, in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-20|title=Back to roots: Stranger in own village, Hridayesh counts Haldwani as second home|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/back-to-roots-stranger-in-own-village-hridayesh-counts-haldwani-ss-second-home/story-z47cdArtjGobPFOSyF5PFN.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> She had a master's degree and a doctorate.<ref name=":0">[http://myneta.info/utk07/candidate.php?candidate_id=74 My Neta]</ref> She had three sons. She was diagnosed with COVID-19, and underwent cardiac surgery in 2021. She died on 13 June 2021, of [[cardiac arrest]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-06-14|title=Uttarakhand: Congress leader Indira Hridayesh passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-congress-leader-indira-hridayesh-passes-away-7356982/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-14|title=Uttarakhand: Congress leader Indira Hridayesh passes away|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-congress-leader-indira-hridayesh-passes-away-7356982/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
== Career ==
Hridayesh entered active politics in the mid-1970s, as part of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) party. She won her first election in 1974, to the upper house of the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]'s bicameral legislature, i.e. the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]. She won second, third and fourth terms to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council from 1986-1992, 1992-1998, and 1998-2000. Hridayesh represented [[Haldwani]] constituency, which was in undivided Uttar Pradesh. In 2000, after Uttar Pradesh was divided into smaller states, she became a member of the [[Interim Uttarakhand Assembly|Interim Uttarakahand Legislative Assembly]] for the new state of Uttarakahand. She won three more terms to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, from 2002-2007, 2012-2017, and 2017-2021.<ref name=":0">[http://myneta.info/utk07/candidate.php?candidate_id=74 My Neta]</ref><ref>[http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/uttaranchal-/820-uttarakhand-assembly-mlas-list-2012.html election Info]</ref> During her last term, she was [[Leader of the Opposition|leader of the opposition]] for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Indira Hridayesh will be Opposition leader in Uttarakhand Assembly|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indira-hridayesh-will-be-opposition-leader-in-uttarakhand-assembly/articleshow/57843635.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-12-20}}</ref>

From 2012 to 2017, she was the Minister of Finance for Uttarakhand, and also held the portfolio for parliamentary affairs, higher education, and planning, serving in successive governments headed by [[N. D. Tiwari|ND Tiwari]], [[Vijay Bahuguna]], and [[Harish Rawat]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Senior Congress leader Indira Hridayesh Dies At 80|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/senior-congress-leader-indira-hridayesh-dies-at-80-2462928|access-date=2021-12-20|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> In 2014, she suggested that she would be a suitable candidate for Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, to replace the then-Chief Minister, [[Vijay Bahuguna]], but her proposal was not accepted by the INC.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-10|title=Senior member of Bahuguna Cabinet Indira Hridayesh creates flutter by claiming CM post|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/senior-member-of-bahuguna-cabinet-indira-hridayesh-creates-flutter-by-claiming-cm-post-661082.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>

Hridayesh was considered an expert on parliamentary procedure, and was a key strategist for the INC in Uttarakahand politics.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Sanjay|title=Indira Hridayesh's death is a loss for Congress in Uttarakhand|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indira-hridayeshs-death-is-loss-for-congress-in-uttarakhand/articleshow/83481689.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-12-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-13|title=Indira Hridayesh, senior Congress leader, passes away after cardiac arrest; Modi, Rahul Gandhi express condolences|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/indira-hridayesh-senior-congress-leader-passes-away-after-cardiac-arrest-modi-rahul-gandhi-express-condolences-9712711.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Firstpost|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-13|title=Senior Congress leader Indira Hridayesh passes away|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/senior-congress-leader-indira-hridayesh-passes-away-pm-modi-sonia-gandhi-offer-condolences-11623580861880.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>

==Electoral history ==
Hridayesh's electoral history is:<ref>http://ukvidhansabha.uk.gov.in/files/Indira_Hridyesh_life_sketch_1.pdf</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Description
|-
|1974–1980
|Elected to [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]] (1st Term)
|-
|1986–1992
|Elected to [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]] (2nd Term)
|-
|1992–1998
|Elected to [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]] (3rd Term)
|-
|1998–2000
|Elected to [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]] (4th Term)
|-
|2000–2002
|Member [[Interim Uttarakhand Assembly|Interim Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
*Leader of the Opposition [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|2002–2007
|Elected to [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] (1st Term)
* Cabinet Minister for Public Works, Parliamentary Affairs, State Assets, Information, Science & Technology
|-
|2012–2017
|Elected to [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] (2nd Term)
* Cabinet Minister for Finance, Commercial Tax, Stamps and Registration, Entertainment Tax, Parliamentary Affairs, Legislative Affairs, Election, Census, Language, Protocol
|-
| 2017 – 2021
|Elected to [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] (3rd Term)
*Leader of the Opposition [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:People from Ayodhya]]
[[Category:Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Women members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Leaders of the Opposition in Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Finance Ministers of Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2000–2002]]
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2012–2017]]
[[Category:Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022]]

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