At a glance: Renuka Chowdhary, the firebrand Congress leader

Renuka with daughter Tejaswini


Other important positions she held include memberships of the Committee on Finance (1999–2000) and Committee on the Empowerment of Women (2000–2001). In the UPA government in May 2004, she became Minister of State for Tourism and also Women and Child Development three years later in 2006.