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Ritu Khanduri Age, Caste, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More

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Father: Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
Husband: Rajesh Bhushan (IAS Officer)
Age: 57 Years

Ritu Khanduri

Bio/Wiki
Full nameRitu Khanduri Bhushan [1]My Neta
ProfessionPolitician
Famous forBeing chosen as the first woman speaker at the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in March 2022
Physical Stats & More
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Politics
Political PartyBharatiya Janta Party
Bharatiya Janata Party symbol
Political Journey2017: MLA from the Yamkeshwar constituency of Uttarakhand
2022: MLA from the Kotdwar constituency of Uttarakhand

Note: In March 2022, she was appointed as the first woman speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Personal Life
Date of Birth29 January 1965 (Friday)
Age (as of 2022) 57 Years
BirthplacePauri, Uttarakhand
Zodiac signAquarius
NationalityIndian
HometownPauri, Uttarakhand
College/University• Raghunath Girls College, Meerut University
• Rajasthan University
Educational Qualification(s)• 1986: BA Honors from Raghunath Girls College, Meerut University [2]Amar Ujala
• Post-graduation from Rajasthan University [3]The Times of India
Address305, Som Vihar Apartment R.K.Puram, South West, Delhi 110022
Relationships & More
Marital StatusMarried
Family
HusbandRajesh Bhushan (IAS officer)
Rajesh Bhushan, husband of Ritu Khanduri
ChildrenShe has two children.
ParentsFather- Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand)
Mother- Aruna Khanduri
Ritu Khanduri with her parents
Grandfather- Jai Ballabh Khanduri (journalist)
Grandmother- Durga Devi Khanduri (social activist)
SiblingsBrother- Manish Khanduri (politician)
Manish Khanduri
Note: She has two siblings.
Money Factor
Assets/Properties [4]My NetaMovable Assets
Cash: Rs. 50,000
Deposits in Banks: Rs. 24,50,515
Bonds, Debentures and Shares: Rs. 13,51,772
LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 6,65,012
Motor Vehicles: Rs. 8,20,000
Jewellery : Rs. 24,00,000

Gross Total Value: Rs. 70,72,317

Immovable Assets
Agricultural Land: Rs. 32,00,000
Non Agricultural Land: Rs. 80,80,400
Commercial Buildings: Rs. 20,00,000
Residential Buildings: Rs. 1,35,00,000

Total: Rs. 2,67,80,400

Liabilities
Loans from Banks: Rs. 1,50,345
Net Worth (approx.) (as of 2017) [5]My NetaRs. 3.37 crores

Ritu Khanduri

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ritu Khanduri

  • Ritu Khanduri is an Indian politician. In 2022, she won the assembly elections from the Kotdwar constituency of Uttarakhand, and soon after winning the assembly elections, she was appointed as the first woman speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Uttarakhand. Ritu Khanduri is the president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Uttarakhand Mahila Morcha unit.
  • Ritu Khanduri’s father, BC Khanduri, was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand twice from 2007 to 2009, and again from 2011 to 2012. BC Khanduri is a retired Major General from the Indian Army, and he is the recipient of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 1982.
  • From 2006 to 2017, Ritu Khanduri was a teacher at Amity University in Noida. In a conversation with a media house, one of the family members of Ritu Khanduri stated that Ritu was happy with her teaching job, and she ventured into politics at the behest of her father. Her family member said,

    She was a teacher and she was very happy with her teaching job. She had initial hesitancy in taking the political plunge but did so at the behest of her father. The reluctance was initial, because now she is fully invested in politics. She was crestfallen after being denied the ticket (from Yamkeshwar) because she had nurtured the constituency really well.”

  • In 2012, Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri lost the assembly elections from the Kotdwar seat to his opponent Surendra Singh Negi. He then distanced himself from politics. Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri’s legacy was taken over by his daughter, Ritu Khanduri. In 2017, Ritu Khanduri contested the assembly elections from Yamkeshwar seat for the first time and defeated former minister Surendra Singh Negi.
  • In 2022, Ritu Khanduri was denied a party ticket from her Yamkeshwar constituency; however, she was asked to contest the assembly elections from the Kotdwar constituency by Bharatiya Janata Party, and she won the MLA elections. Soon after the win, in a press conference, Ritu Khanduri thanked the voters of Kotdwar for choosing her as their representative. She said,

    First of all, I want to thank the party high command and voters of Kotdwar for reposing faith in me. It is exactly a decade when my father had also contested from here and will work hard to ensure development and local people’s issues are taken up and solved.”

  • Ritu Khanduri’s brother Manish Khanduri is a member of the Indian National Congress, who contested the Lok Sabha polls from the Garhwal constituency in 2019 but lost the elections.
  • In 2022, she was appointed as the sixth speaker of the Uttarakhand assembly. BJP’s Prakash Pant was the first speaker of the state.

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