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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Meenakshi Natarajan
| image = Meenakshi Natarajan.jpg
| image size =
| caption =Meenakshi Natarajan, Member of Parliament of India from Mandsaur
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|7|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Nagda]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]
| residence = [[New Delhi]]
| marital status =
| constituency = [[Mandsaur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mandsaur]]
| office = Member of Parliament, [[15th Lok Sabha]]
| education =[[MSc]] <br /> [[LLB]]
| alma_mater= [[Holkar Science College|Govt. Holkar Science College, Indore]] <br /> [[Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya|Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore]]
| term_start= [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|term_end=[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| predecessor = [[Laxminarayan Pandey]]
| successor = [[Sudhir Gupta]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
|father= A. R. Natarajan
|mother= Uma Natarajan
| footnotes =
| date = 9 December|
| year = 2012 |
| source =
<ref>{{cite web |title=Detailed Profile: Km Meenakshi Natrajan |url=https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4518 |website=IndiaGov Archive |publisher=Lok Sabha |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180803144615/https://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4518 |archivedate=3 August 2018 |access-date=3 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
'''Meenakshi Natarajan''' (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian politician and former [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Mandsaur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mandsaur]] from 2009 to 2014, her single term in parliament.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023235222/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-20/india/28194315_1_inducting-younger-people-basic-amenities-and-care-nagaur-mp-nathuram-mirdha Team Rahul hopes to make a difference - Times Of India]</ref>

==Background==
Meenakshi Natarajan was born in [[Birlagram Nagda]], [[Ujjain]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]]. She is a post graduate in [[Biochemistry]] and has a bachelor's degree in Law. She completed her study in Indore Madhya Pradesh from Devi Ahilya University. Ratlam was the Place where she started her political career right joining after NSUI.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://meenakshinatarajan.com/?page_id=2 |title=About Meenakshi |access-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031627/http://meenakshinatarajan.com/?page_id=2 |archive-date=12 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She is writer of "1857-Bhartiya paripeksh"
"Apne-Apne Kurukshetra" is her popular novel.

==Political career==

===Organisational roles===
She worked as NSUI President from 1999–2002.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080423/jsp/nation/story_9175080.jsp The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Rahuls backroom boys and girl]</ref> She also worked as President Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress from 2002-2005 and was selected by Rahul Gandhi as AICC Secretary in 2008.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>[http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/a-really-stupid-idea A Really Stupid Idea | OPEN Magazine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615002349/http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/a-really-stupid-idea |date=15 June 2012 }}</ref>

===2009 Elections===
She was selected by Rahul Gandhi for contesting from Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh in [[2009 Indian general election]] which she won by over 30,000 votes defeating her BJP opponent [[Laxminarayan Pandey]] who had been winning since 1971.<ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/100-success-rate-for-sonia-in-mp/62285/on 100% success rate for Sonia in MP]</ref> She had coined the slogan "Pradesh elections".

She has served as a Member of the Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice and that of the Committee on Empowerment of Women.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://meenakshinatarajan.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012194457/http://meenakshinatarajan.com/ |archive-date=12 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== 2014 Elections ===
She was defeated by [[Sudhir Gupta]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) from the [[Mandsaur]] constituency in [[Madhya Pradesh]] by a margin of over 300,000 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Election to Lok Sabha Result 2014|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1223.htm?ac=23|website=Election Commission of India|accessdate=6 June 2014}}</ref> She had emerged as a 'consensus candidate' through the primary, which is piloted by Congress vice-president [[Rahul Gandhi]]. Her opponent Surendra Sethi has alleged that the primary was rigged.

===2019 Elections===
She contested the Mandsaur seat again in [[2019 Indian general election]] but lost to Sudhir Gupta in a repeat of 2014 result.

==Controversy==
During one of the election rally, her party's spokesperson [[Digvijaya Singh (politician)|Digvijaya Singh]] referred her as "sau taka tunch maal" (100% pure item/material) while introducing her on the stage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Digvijaya-calls-Meenakshi-Natarajan-sau-tunch-maal-rapped-for-sexist-remark/articleshow/21380305.cms|title=Meenakshi Natarajan: Digvijaya calls Meenakshi Natarajan 'sau tunch maal', rapped for sexist remark | India News - Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/meenakshi-natarajan-wins-mandsaur-primary/article5746829.ece|title=Meenakshi Natarajan wins Mandsaur primary|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 March 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Women in Madhya Pradesh politics]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Mandsaur]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:People from Ujjain district]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
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