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Annu Tandon
Member of Lok Sabha
In office
2009 - 2014
Preceded byBrajesh Pathak
Succeeded bySakshi Maharaj
ConstituencyUnnao
Personal details
Born (1957-11-15) 15 November 1957 (age 66)
Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partySamajwadi Party (since November 2020)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (till October 2020)
Spouse

Sandeep Tandon

(m. 1976, died)
Children2
Alma materDayananda Subhash National Post Graduate College (Unnao), Kanpur University
(B. Sc, 1977)
ProfessionBusiness, Social worker

Source: [1]

Annu Tandon (born 11 November 1957)[1] is an Indian politician. She was an MP in the 15th Lok Sabha from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh with the Indian National Congress party. She left Congress in 2020 to join Samajwadi Party. Tandon is the founder director of the Hriday Narain Dhawan Charitable Trust, which has been active in philanthropy in the district since before 2000.[2] The charity, funded mostly through family funds, has worked in education, and gathered attention for innovative projects like helping children of illiterate parents with their homework.[3]

Life and family[edit]

Annu Tandon was born on 11 November 1957 in Unnao to Hriday Narain Dhawan and Kripawati Dhawan. She did her Intermediate from Rajkiya Balika Inter College, Unnao in 1975 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Dayanand Subhash National Post Graduate College, Unnao in 1977.[4]

She married Sandeep Tandon on 22 December 1976, with whom she has two sons.[1] Her husband was a liaison executive of Reliance Industries Ltd. Before joining Reliance in 1994, he was with the Indian Revenue Service.[5] As an officer of the Enforcement Directorate, S. Tandon had investigated foreign front companies floated by Reliance, and also conducted a raid on the house of Tina Ambani.[6]

The entire family has close connections with Mukesh Ambani, two of their sons also being employees of Reliance.[7]

She had declared assets of 41 crores (US$10 mn) in the 2009 election declarations.[8] She declared assets of 42 crores (US$10+ mn) in the 2014 election declarations.[9]

2014 elections[edit]

In the Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh, 2014, Annu Tandon was again fielded as a candidate by the Congress. Unnao is India's largest electoral constituency, and in the previous general elections in 2009, Annu Tandon had won the seat for Congress. Annu Tandon lost the 2014 elections from Unnao badly - she was 4th in the election results barely retaining her deposits at 16% votes. After Congress' resounding defeat in 2014 elections, Annu refused to blame Congress leadership for the debacle.[10]

2009 elections[edit]

In the Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh, 2009, Annu Tandon was fielded as a novice political candidate by the Congress. Unnao is India's largest electoral constituency, and in the previous general elections in 2004, Congress had come up fourth here, and the seat had been won by the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). During the elections, many prominent personalities including film star Salman Khan campaigned for her.[11]

Samajwadi Party[edit]

In October 2020, Tandon resigned from the Indian National Congress party.[12] She joined Samajwadi Party on 2 November 2020.[13]

Career[edit]

She has served as a member on the Committee of Water Resources and that on Empowerment of Women in 2009 when she was part of the 15th Lok Sabha. In the year 2007, MoTech then led by her was under scrutiny for insider trading by regulator SEBI.[14]

In February 2015, Annu Tandon's name figured at position 22 (balance $5.7mn) in the list of Indians with accounts in the HSBC Swiss Private bank (Swiss Leaks).[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.
  • ^ "In Unnao, Cong puts a spoke in SP, BSP wheels - Express India". Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
  • ^ "Archive News". The Hindu.
  • ^ "Annu Tandon". MyNeta. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  • ^ "Queen Bees set off buzz in UP - Express India". Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
  • ^ "Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine". Archived from the original on 10 April 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
  • ^ "In biggest LS constituency, Congress climbing on candidate's corporate ladder". Indian Express. 28 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  • ^ "दिल्ली में होगी भारत-आसियान शिखर बैठक". SamayLive. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  • ^ "Annu Tandon(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- UNNAO(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  • ^ Nadar, A. Ganesh (10 June 2014). "'We fought the elections with 19th century ideas'". Rediff. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  • ^ Puri, Anjali (8 June 2009). "Your MP... Mrs MLA". Outlook. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  • ^ PTI (29 October 2020). "Annu Tandon: Former Unnao MP Annu Tandon resigns from Congress". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  • ^ "Ex-Congress MP Annu Tandon to join Samajwadi Party". Zee News. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  • ^ Subramanian, Dev Chatterjee & N. Sundaresha (7 January 2013). "Insider trading cloud on firms linked to Anand Jain, Annu Tandon" – via Business Standard.
  • ^ "#swissleaks: Top 100 HSBC account holders with Indian addresses". The Indian Express. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2020.

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