Sushma Swaraj
Profession: Politician
Brother of Sushma Swaraj
Dr. Gulshan Sharma (Ayurvedic Doctor)
Daughter of Sushma Swaraj
Bansuri Swaraj (Advocate)
Father of Sushma Swaraj
Hardev Sharma (RSS Member)
Husband/Spouse of Sushma Swaraj
Swaraj Kaushal (Advocate and the Former Governor of Mizoram)
Mother of Sushma Swaraj
Laxmi Devi (Homemaker)
Sister of Sushma Swaraj
Vandana Sharma (Politician and Professor)
Affairs/Boyfriends of Sushma Swaraj
Swaraj Kaushal
Favourite Food of Sushma Swaraj
Golgappe, Kachori, and Aloo Paratha
Favourite Politician(s) of Sushma Swaraj
George Fernandes, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Awards, Honours, Achievements of Sushma Swaraj
Best Speaker Award in the Harayana Assembly.
In 2004, she became the only female MP to receive the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award.
On 24 July 2017, a US-based newspaper, the Wall Street Journal, termed Sushma Swaraj as India's Most Loved Politician.
On 19 February 2019, the Spanish Government honoured her with the "Grand Cross of Order of Civil Merit". She was presented with this order for her help and support during the evacuation of 71 Spanish citizens during the Nepal earthquake in 2015.
Controversies of Sushma Swaraj
In October 2014, she expressed her request to announce the Bhagwad Gita as the national scripture of India. She was criticized for this statement by the TMC and the Congress.
In May 2015, she was criticized for losing her cool and replying angrily on Twitter. A user claimed that she did favours to get her daughter admitted to a medical college. She replied that her daughter was a lawyer and not in the medical profession.
In June 2015, Sushma Swaraj was criticized when she admitted to helping Lalit Modi. Lalit was in London, and he had applied to go to Portugal for the treatment of his wife. Britain sent an application to India and enquired whether they should clear his visa or not. As Sushma Swaraj was the MEA, she approved Lalit Modi's visa on humanitarian grounds.
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