Madhu Azad is an Indian politician from Haryana representing the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the 2017 Gurgaon Municipal Corporation election, she was elected as the mayor of Gurgaon.[1][2] She is first woman mayor of Gurugram.[3][4][5] Her term as mayor ended in 2022. The election was delayed as the delimitation exercise was not yet completed.[6]
She is from Gurugram, Haryana. She married Ashok Azad, a BJP party worker for over two decades.[7]
She made her electoral debut representing the BJP and won from Ward Number 7 in 2017 election and became a unanimous candidate after BJP president Subhash Barala held meetings with other party councillors and an all-woman team was formed.[7]
In November 2017, BJP won 14 seats in the 35 wards and with the mayor seat reserved for women belonging to Scheduled Caste in 2017, Azad won the post unopposed.[8][9] In the elections held to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon in September 2017, 20 independent candidates won and BJP managed to secure the support of 12 councillors and won the Mayor post.[8][10]
Controversies
In December 2019, 19 councillors wrote to the divisional commissioner demanding removal of the mayor and her deputies, under Haryana Municipal Corporation Act 1994 section 74, for allegedly running the corporation without taking the councillors into confidence.[11]
In September 2021, she had differences with the superintending engineer of MCG regarding a blocked drain in ward 22, and following her complaint, the engineer was suspended by the Haryana home and urban local bodies minister Anil Vij.[12] It resulted in a protest by the municipal corporation workers that went on for three weeks.[13] In turn, the engineering department workers raised allegations of her son attending the council meetings but she denied them, saying any resident could attend the civic meetings and raise the issues of their wards.[8]
References
- ↑ BJP's Madhu Azad, a scheduled caste nominee, voted as Gurugram's first woman mayor. Firstpost(2017-11-04). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ↑ Mayor, councillors to approach Haryana CM for action against MCG chief engineer. Hindustan Times(2022-05-19). Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ↑ श्रीमती मधु आज़ाद – Bhartiya Janata Party. Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ↑ Gurgaon civic polls: BJP's Madhu Azad becomes city's first ever female mayor. The Indian Express(2017-11-03). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ↑ Madhu Azad becomes Gurgaons first woman mayor. India Today(2017-11-03). Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ↑ Gurgram battles civic woes as municipal polls pending for two years, Shukla, Prabhat. The New Indian Express(2024-09-12). Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 BJP's Madhu Azad elected G'gram Mayor unopposed. The Tribune. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Mayor: If someone has seen my son in my chair, let them show evidence. The Times of India(2021-09-11). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
- ↑ मधु आजाद मेयर तो प्रमिला कबलाना बनीं सीनियर डिप्टी मेयर. Live Hindustan. Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ↑ BJP-backed councillor Madhu Azad takes over as Ggn Mayor, Agencies. www.millenniumpost.in(2017-11-03). Retrieved 2025-01-05.
- ↑ Mayor vs councillors in MCG: 19 boycott House meet, seek her removal. The Indian Express(2019-12-04). Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- ↑ Mayor, councillors to approach Haryana CM for action against MCG chief engineer, Kumar, Kartik. Hindustan Times(19 May 2022). Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ↑ Urban Governance, Local Democracy and the Future. Routledge India(2020-12-13).