Chandrakanta Goyal (1932 – 6 June 2020) was an Indian politician and a member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. She was a member of

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly The Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha or the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently, 288 memb ...

from Matunga constituency three times, winning in 1990, 1995, and 1999. She was married to Ved Prakash Goyal (1926–2008) who was a minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. Their son,

Piyush Goyal Piyush Vedprakash Goyal (born 13 June 1964) is a politician, chartered accountant and cabinet minister of the Government of India having portfolios such as Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Consumer Affa ...

, is a minister in Modi ministry. Chandrakanta Goyal died in June 2020, at the age of 88.

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