Gandhinagar: Dr. Rekhaben Chaudhary is the only new female candidate announced in the first list of Lok Sabha candidates from Gujarat for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Dr. Chaudhary is the granddaughter of Galbabhai Chaudhary who founded Banas Dairy. She is M.Sc, M.Phil., and Ph.D(Mathematics). She is 44 years old and a resident of Palanpur. Dr. Rekhaben has worked as a professor in the Engineering college for the last 20 years.

Dr. Chaudhary is the wife of Dr. Hitesh Chaudhary who is in BJP’s Morbi district incharge.  Dr. Hiteshbhai was previously Kutch district’s in-charge for the party, Banaskantha district BJP general secretary, and three-term office bearer of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in Gujarat at the State level. Dr. Hitesh Chaudhary had been a Senate and Syndicate member at Gujarat University in the past. Dr. Chaudhary is Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) cadre. DeshGujarat