Lucknow: Congress’ CM candidate
Sheila Dikshit has a UP connect as she was married to IAS officer VinodDikshit, son of veteran
Congress leader UmaShankarDikshit. Uma Shankar Dikshit was a great freedom fighter, committed Congress soldier and a pillar of the party in UP, said Congress leader
Aarti
Bajpai about her grand uncle. Aarti, daughter of Uma Shankar’s nephew
Gopinath Dikshit
, said the party would gain from decision to prop
Shiela Dixit
as CM candidate.
Uma Shankar was a Congress veteran from
Unnao
and served as the Union home minister in
Indira Gandhi’s cabinet. Considered among the influential Congress leaders from UP, Uma Shankar was a four-time
Rajya Sabha
MP though he never contested any election. He belonged to Ugoo village in
Bangarmau
assembly constituency in Unnao.
A Padma Vibhushan awardeee, Uma Shankar Dixit also served as All India Congress Committee treasurer and governor of
Karnataka and
West Bengal
. He went to jail four times during the freedom struggle and was close to both
Jawahar Lal Nehru
and Indira Gandhi.
His nephew Gopinath Dikshit also fought eight elections from Bangarmau constituency and held several posts in the Congress and the government. Gopinath was home minister in Uttar Pradesh.
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