member_of_political_party rekha yadav
Rekha Yadav ( Hindi :        ) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janshakti Party . She is the current member of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha , representing Malhara constituency in Chhatarpur district . She was elected form this constituency in 2008 . India , officially the ___MASK72___ of India (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . India ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . The Bharatiya Janshakti Party ( Indian People ' s Power Party ) was founded on 30 April 2006 in Ujjain in the state of Madhya Pradesh , India . It was founded by Uma Bharti , a former leader of the ___MASK1___ ( BJP ), following her expulsion from the BJP for indiscipline . The ___MASK1___ ( translation : Indian People ' s Party ; BJP ) is one of the two major political parties in India , along with the Indian National Congress . , it is the country ' s largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state assemblies , and it is the world ' s largest party in terms of primary membership . The BJP is a right - wing party , with close ideological and organisational links to the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh . Uma Bharti ( born 3 May 1959 ) is an Indian politician and cabinet minister for water resources , river development and Ganga rejuvenation in the ___MASK82___ Government of India . Raised by Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior , she became involved with the ___MASK1___ ( BJP ) at a very young age , unsuccessfully contesting her first Parliamentary elections in 1984 . In 1989 , she successfully contested the Khajuraho seat , and retained it in elections conducted in 1991 , 1996 and 1998 . In 1999 , she switched constituencies and won the Bhopal seat . Bharati held various state - level and cabinet - level portfolios in the Ministry of Human Resource Development , Tourism , Youth Affairs & Sports , and Coal & Mines during the second as well as third ministry of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee .