Haryana: BJP fields UK-returned woman from Muslim-majority area

Gurugram:  For London-returned fashion designer Nauksham Chaudhary from Punhana in the Mewat region of Haryana, development of roads and provision of education and basic amenities are among the top priorities in this Muslim-dominated assembly constituency.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ) greenhorn candidate is facing a stiff challenge in the upcoming assembly polls from Mohammad Iliyas of the Congress, who won the seat in 2009.
She is facing criticism for arriving in the constituency and in India just a month back.
Chaudhary studied in Italy, London Chaudhary, 27, who owns two luxury cars as per her poll affidavit, is a Miranda House, Delhi, alumnus, who has also studied in Italy and in London before returning to India just a month ago.
Her family is influential in Mewat, one of the most backward areas in the state with a 90 per cent Muslim population.
“I left my excellent career in the private sector for the people of Mewat. I want to serve by birthplace as it is one of the backward and underdeveloped areas in the periphery of the national capital,” an excited Nauksham Chaudhary told mediapersons.