Maya Kodnani
| Maya Kodnani | |
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| MLA of Gujarat Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 1998–2012 |
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| Constituency | Naroda |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Maya Kodnani | |
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| Occupation | Politician, Gynecologist |
| Criminal charge | Conspiracy, murder and rioting in the Naroda Patiya massacre |
| Criminal penalty | 28 years in prison |
Maya Surendrakumar Kodnani is an Indian gynecologist and a former Minister of State for Women and Child Development in the Government of Gujarat. Kodnani joined the 12th legislative assembly of Gujarat after being elected to represent the constituency of Naroda as a candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party.
In 2012, Kodnani was sentenced to twenty-eight years imprisonment for her participation in the Naroda Patiya massacre during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Kodnani was one of the most high-profile individuals to be convicted in the case, as well being the only woman among the accused.
Kodnani is the daughter of a staunch Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker who immigrated from Tharparkar area of Sindh to India during the Indian Partition. She had her early education in a Gujarati-medium school in Deesa of Banaskantha district. The school was set up and run by her father. She also joined Rashtra Sevika Samiti, the parallel organisation of RSS for women.
Kodnani joined the Baroda Medical College from where she did her MBBS and Diploma in Gynaecology and Obstetrics. She set up Shivam Maternity Hospital at Kubernagar in Naroda, Ahmedabad.
Kodnani began her political career with Ahmedabad civic elections in 1995. She was elected three times from the Naroda constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the BJP. In 1998, she won the election with a margin of 75,000 votes. In December 2002, shortly after 2002 Gujarat riots, she won by a margin of 110,000 votes. In 2007, her margin increased 180,000 votes. After winning the elections in 2007, she was named as Minister for Women and Child Development of Gujarat in Narendra Modi's BJP government, but resigned from the post in 2009 impending her arrest as accused for the Naroda Patiya massacre.
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