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ProfessionPoliticianPhysical Stats & MoreHeight (approx.)in centimeters- 163 cm
in meters- 1.63 m
in feet & inches- 5’ 4”Eye ColourBlackHair ColourBlackPoliticsPolitical Party• Indian National Congress (INC) (1998-Present)
Indian National Congress
• Telugu Desam Party (TDP) (1998-1984)
Telugu Desam Party FlagPolitical Journey• Joined Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1984
• Became corporator at Banjara Hills, Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
• Lost by-election on Panyam assembly seat in 1993
• Served as Member of the Rajya Sabha and Chief Whip of the Telugu Desam Parliamentary party from 1986 to 1998
• Served as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare from 1997 to 1998
• Joined the INC in 1998
• Elected as MLA from Khammam in 1999
• Served as a Member of Committee on Finance from 1999 to 2000
• Served as a Member of Committee on the Empowerment of Women from 2000 to 2001
• Re-elected as MLA from Khammam in 2004
• Served as the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Tourism from 23 May 2004 to 28 January 2006
• Served as the Minister of Women and Child Development from 29 January 2006 to 22 May 2009
• Contested and lost the Khammam Lok Sabha seat in 2009
• Served as Member of the Rajya Sabha from 3 April 2012 to 2 April 2018Personal LifeDate of Birth13 August 1954 (Friday)Age (as of 2022)68 YearsBirthplaceVisakhapatnam, Andhra State (now Andhra Pradesh), IndiaZodiac signLeoNationalityIndianHometownHyderabad, Andhra PradeshSchoolWelham Girls' School, Dehradun, UttarakhandCollege/UniversityKarnataka UniversityEducational Qualification(s)• M. A. in Industrial Psychology from Karnataka University (1976)
• Diploma in marketing management, public relations, and advertisingCasteKammaAddressH. No. 8-2-680, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad-500034, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaControversies• Cop Assault Case: In 1993, while serving as the Union tourism minister, Renuka Chowdhury faced the charges of manhandling a traffic policeman, Janki Ram. Allegedly, Chowdhury abused and beat the traffic cop as he prevented her from driving across a road which was sanitised and closed for the public for the prime minister's use. The incident happened on 20 January 1993 around 7.50 pm on a route at Kautilya Marg near Teen Murti in New Delhi. The police filed a chargesheet against her in May 1993, but a Metropolitan Magistrate refused to accept it unless she was arrested. She was finally discharged from the case in 2005.

Ties with Tax Evader Hassan Ali Khan: In 2011, Renuka Chowdhury attracted controversy when her name popped up in Kashinath Tapuriah's testimony. Tapuriah is a Kolkata-based industrialist, who was accused in the tax evasion and money laundering case of Hasan Ali Khan. Kashinath Tapuriah's testimony stated that Khan had gifted a Rs 1.2 crore diamond to Renuka. The testimony read,
"I had taken a diamond from Soir Jewellers in Mumbai, owned by building contractor Abbas Naqvi, to keep with me. (It) cost around Rs 1.2 crore. Khan took it saying he would give me the money or the diamond within three months. He told me that he wanted to give the diamond to an important person and referred to Renuka Chowdhury. She is a politician. Khan had told me that she was a very close friend. I was never paid for the diamond…”
Further, he added,
"I had gone to meet Khan at a flat in Mumbai. Chaudhary was present there and Khan introduced me to him. Later, I came to know that Khan was staying with Chaudhary in the flat.”
Renuka dismissed the allegations and sent defamation notices to media houses which had printed the false news about her based on Tapuriah's testimony. Additionally, she explained that Tapuriah, who did not deliver the diamond himself, might have mixed up her name with another woman politician.

Booked for Calling Mangalore a “Talibanized” City: On 24 January 2009, Sri Ram Sena attacked a group of young women and men in a pub in Mangalore, claiming that they were violating traditional Indian values. While talking about the event in the media, Renuka commented that "Talibanization was happening in Mangalore.” Thereafter, she was served with a notice for her reported statement by the Mangalore Mayor Ganesh Hosabettu for portraying Mangaloreans in a bad light and tarnishing the city’s image. He claimed that she was glorifying isolated incidents and making generalized comments about the city.

Booked for Grabbing the Collar of a Police Officer: In 2022, Chowdhury was booked for allegedly grabbing the collar of a sub-inspector of police named Upender Babu and using unparliamentary language. The incident happened during the ‘Chalo Raj Bhavan’ protest organised by the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) in Hyderabad when Chowdhury was trying to make her way to Raj Bhavan. TPCC had organised the protest against the questioning of Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate in a money-laundering case. She received immense criticism when its video went viral on the internet. Later, Renuka tried to justify her actions saying,
"I didn’t assault, I don’t have anything against that young man. He never did anything to me. I was losing balance and I held on. If you move, I will have to hold to steady myself as we were being pushed and bullied from the back..”
Renuka Chowdhury grabbing the collar of a sub-inspector of police during the ‘Chalo Raj Bhavan’ protest in 2022

Relationships & MoreMarital StatusMarriedMarriage Date7 October 1973FamilyHusband/SpouseSreedhar Chowdhury (businessman)
Renuka Chowdhury with her husband, Sreedhar ChowdaryChildrenDaughter(s)- Poojita Chowdhury (a documentary filmmaker), Tejaswini Chowdhury
Renuka Chowdhury's daughter Poojita Chowdhury
Renuka Chowdhury with her daughter Tejaswini ChowdhuryParentsFather- Kanumilli Suryanarayana Rao (deceased) (Air Commodore in the Indian Air Force)
Renuka Chowdhury's father, Air Commodore Kanumilli Suryanarayana Rao
Mother- Vasundhra RaoSiblingsRenuka Chowdhury has two younger sister.Money FactorAssets/PropertiesMovable Assets
• Cash: Rs. 1,30,000
• Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies (approx.): Rs. 1,56,00,000
• Bonds, Debentures and Shares in companies (approx.): Rs. 1,43,00,000
• LIC or other insurance Policies (approx.): Rs 2,54,00,000
• Jewellery (approx.): Rs 11,58,000

Immovable Assets
• Agricultural Land (approx.): Rs. 12,17,00,000
• Residential Buildings (approx.): Rs 20,00,00,000

Note: The given estimates of moveable and immovable assets are as per the financial year 2018-2019. It excludes the assets owned by her husband and dependents.

Net Worth (as of 2019)Rs. 26,47,99,918

Note: It excludes the net worth of her husband and dependents.

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Carisa Kissane

Update: 2024-05-17