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Dr. Sudha Yadav’s husband, Sukhbir Singh Yadav, was a Deputy Commandant in the Border Security Force (BSF) who died in the line of duty during the 1999 Kargil War.
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Dr. Sudha Yadav
Bengaluru: Dr. Sudha Yadav, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Member of Parliament, has been appointed the new Governor of Karnataka by President Droupadi Murmu. She succeeds Thaawarchand Gehlot, whose tenure as Governor has ended.
'The appointment was announced on October 12, 2026.A prominent BJP leader from Haryana, Dr. Sudha Yadav is a member of the party’s Parliamentary Board, its highest decision-making body, and the Central Election Committee. She is also noted as the second woman after the late Sushma Swaraj to be inducted into the BJP Parliamentary Board. Born on October 16, 1965, in Motla Kalan village in Haryana’s Rewari district, Yadav has a strong academic background. She earned a postgraduate degree in Chemistry with a gold medal from the University of Roorkee and subsequently obtained a PhD in Chemistry from the same institution in 1992. Before entering politics, she worked as a college lecturer.
Dr. Sudha Yadav’s husband, Sukhbir Singh Yadav, was a Deputy Commandant in the Border Security Force (BSF) who died in the line of duty during the 1999 Kargil War. Following his death, Narendra Modi, who was then the BJP’s in-charge for Haryana, played a key role in bringing her into politics. Recognising her courage and commitment, the party fielded her in the 1999 Lok Sabha elections. She contested from Haryana’s Mahendragarh constituency and defeated prominent Congress leader Rao Inderjit Singh to enter Parliament. Dr. Sudha Yadav later served as a member of the National Commission for Backward Classes, working on issues concerning the welfare of backward communities. In 2015, she was appointed national in-charge of the BJP OBC Morcha. In August 2022, BJP national president J.P. Nadda inducted her into the party’s Parliamentary Board, further strengthening her position within the organisation.
Her appointment as Karnataka Governor marks a new chapter in her public life, taking her from a long career in party organisation and parliamentary politics to a constitutional office.
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