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's cabinet. She represented

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in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Wadhwani is of Sindhi heritage. She was previously a physician with specialization in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She had done a diploma in

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and has been the President of Ahmedabad Medical Association's Ladies Wing. She is affiliated to the

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(BJP) and is a member of its executive committee in Gujarat. As a member of the

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, she has served on the committees on ICDS, PC-PNDT, Shala Arogya and MLA Quarters. She won the

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. In August 2016, she was appointed Gujarat's Minister for Women and Child Development, the only female member in the cabinet of chief minister

. In February 2017 session of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, a debate on the issue of farmer's suicide turned into a scuffle and Wadhwani was injured. She accused a few MLA's of the

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for injuring her arm. The BJP has not included her name in its official list of candidates for 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.

References

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