Meenakshi Lekhi is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is a Member of Parliament from New Delhi constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha. She is the national spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Supreme Court of India lawyer. She won the New Delhi parliamentary constituency with over 4.5 lakh votes as a BJP candidate in the 2014 elections. In July 2016, she was appointed as chairperson of the Committee on Privileges of the Lok Sabha in Parliament and is continuing since then in that position. In her capacity as a Member of Parliament from the New Delhi constituency, she is currently a member of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). She is the ex-officio Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (India chapter) and has been nominated as a member of the Press Council of India by the Lok Sabha Speaker. She was appointed the Chairperson of the Committee on Privileges of the Lok Sabha in July, 2016 and is also currently an active member of the Standing Committee on Urban Development, Committee on Personnel, Law & Justice, Consultative Committee of Commerce and Committee of Housing. She has been an active participant in the parliamentary processes. In the 16th Lok Sabha, Lekhi has participated in 125 debates (national average being 67.1), asked 435 questions (national average being 292) and introduced 20 private member bills (national average being 2.3) in the Lok Sabha (as updated till final Budget Session, 2019). Her overall attendance in parliament till budget session, 2019 has been 95% against the national average of 80%. In July, 2017, Lekhi was honoured with the Lokmat Parliamentary Award as " Best Debut Woman Parliamentarian." Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP candidate, won in 2019 general elections against congress party candidate Ajay Maken in South Delhi constituency of New Delhi. Lekhi got nearly 54 per cent of votes and Ajay Maken got only 26 per cent of votes.