Top 10 Most Powerful Women Politicians In India

Women are brilliant politicians, and world over, countries that have been driven by their wisdom have experienced this. Let us look at some women who have dominated the power scene and done wonders:

Top 10 Most Powerful Women Politicians In India

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1). Sushma Swaraj

Now Union Minister for External Affairs, she has been considered one of the most wise and calm leaders in India. She has been seven times Member of Parliament and three times Member of the Legislative Assembly. She is a BJP leader.

2). Sheila Dikshit

She was the Chief Minister of Delhi from 1998 to 2013. She remains a senior member of the Congress party. Dikshit has led the national party to three consecutive electoral triumphs in the capital. She became the governor of Kerala on 11 March 2014, however, she resigned from the post on 25 August 2014.

3). Mamata Banerjee

She is the first woman CM in West Bengal and continues to hold the position. She was also the first woman railway minister of the country. In 1997, she launched Trinamool Congress, an anti-leftist party, to consolidate her position in West Bengal.

4). Jayalalitha

Previously a film actress, she held the realm in Tamil Nadu for a long time. She was also the general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) before she died in 2016.

5). Mayawati

Four times CM for Uttar Pradesh, she was considered one of the most powerful Dalit leaders of her times.

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6). Vasundhara Raje Scindia

She was introduced to politics by her mother who was a prominent BJP member. Hailing from the royals of Rajasthan, she was the first woman Chief Minister and has been seen as one of the most powerful female politicians in India. 

7). Agatha Sangma

Daughter of Lok Sabha speaker P A Sangma, Agatha Sangma is a former Lok Sabha member. She became the youngest minister of state when she took charge of the rural development ministry. She represented the Tora constituency of Meghalaya in the 2009 parliamentary polls.

8). Supriya Sule

Sharad Pawar’s daughter, sheplays a major part of a part of the new generation of politicians and currently MP representing Baramati.

9). Ambika Soni

She is a Congress member and currently represents Punjab as a Member of Parliament.

10) Sonia Gandhi

The all-in-all of All India Congress, Sonia Gandhi’s tenure as the Congress president has been the longest in its century-old history. She is also the chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

These women politicians have changed the phase of Indian politics.