| 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 the Haryana Legislative Assembly |
| Term2: | 2005 – 2024 |
| Constituency2: | Tosham |
| Predecessor2: | Surender Singh |
| Successor2: | Shruti Choudhry |
| Spouse: | Surender Singh |
| Children: | Shruti Choudhry |
Kiran Choudhary (born 5 June 1955) is an Indian politician from Haryana, who is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha with the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2024.[2]
She is a four-time elected former Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Tosham (Bhiwani) under the Indian National Congress, preceded by her late husband, Surender Singh.[3] [4] [5] Her father-in-law, Bansi Lal has served as the Chief Minister of Haryana three times.[6]
Originally a member of the Indian National Congress, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in June 2024.
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.[6] 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. After joining the BJP, Choudhry claimed she was inspired by Prime Minister Modi's vision to develop India by 2047.[9]
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.[9] Another Congress MP attacked Choudhry, asserting it won't affect Congress as women could not be political heirs.[10] [11] 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.[12]