Rajni Abbi (born 1962) is an Indian Politician, a leader of

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 Mod ...

and a law professor. She was the mayor of

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from 2011 to 2012.

Personal life and education

She was born in 1962 and did her graduation in English literature from Miranda House College. Later she pursued her legal education from Faculty of Law,

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, and was a gold medalist both in LL.B. and LL.M. She completed her Ph.D. in law from Delhi University and has been teaching there since then.

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