| Kiran Choudhary | |
| Birth Date: | 1955 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | New Delhi, India |
| Residence: | Bhiwani and Delhi[1] |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
| Term Start1: | 3 Sep 2024 |
| Constituency1: | Haryana |
| Predecessor1: | Deepender Singh Hooda |
| Office2: | Member of Legislative Assembly |
| Term2: | 2005 – 2024 |
| Constituency2: | Tosham |
| Predecessor2: | Surender Singh |
| Successor2: | Incumbent |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (2024 - present) |
| Spouse: | Surender Singh |
| Children: | Shruti Choudhry |
| Otherparty: | Indian National Congress(untill - 2024) |
Kiran Choudhary (born 5 June 1955) is an Indian politician from the state of Haryana. She is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party since June, 2024.[2] She is an MLA from Tosham assembly constituency in Bhiwani district. Previously, she was a member of the Congress party in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.[3] [4]
She comes from a prominent political family of Haryana and has been a five-time MLA from Tosham, Bhiwani since 2005.[5] Her father-in-law, Bansi Lal was a three-time Chief Minister of Haryana and among the most influential leaders of the state.[6]
Choudhry entered Haryana electoral politics following the death of her husband and Bansi Lal’s son, Surender Singh, in 2005.[7] Choudhry became known as the daughter-in-law of former Haryana CM Bansi Lal, and first got elected as an MLA from Tosham (Bhiwani) in 2005, and has been a sitting MLA from Tosham (Bhiwani) since then.[8]
In June 2024, she and her daughter, Shruti Choudhry, quit the Congress party due to differences with the party leader and ex-Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.[9] The differences had heightened during the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, when the Congress fielded a Hooda loyalist, Rao Dan Singh, instead of Choudhry's daughter, Shruti Choudhry, a former MP from the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh parliamentary seat.[7] Subsequently, both of them joined the BJP on June 19, 2024, in the presence of former CM Manohar Lal Khattar.[10] After joining the BJP, Choudhry claimed she was inspired by Prime Minister Modi's vision to develop India by 2047.[11]
There were mixed reactions to her leaving the Congress party, wherein senior Congress MP Selja Kumari expressed regret over Choudhry's leaving and called it a loss for the party.[11] Another Congress MP attacked Choudhry, asserting it won't affect Congress as women could not be political heirs.[12] [13] According to political analysts, as Choudhry belongs to the Jat community, she may help improve BJP's standing among the community, which makes up almost a fourth of the state’s population, while also expanding influence in the Bhiwani region, where late Bansi Lal enjoys respect.[14]