Navya Haridas : Young Techie turned politician taking on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Wayanad

Early Life, Education, Family and Political Career

In news: After being declared the BJP candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, running against Priyanka Gandhi of the Congress party, she gained significant publicity outside Kerala. She recently made headlines when she commented on Priyanka’s roadshow, calling it a ‘seasonal festival’ to emphasize that her opponent would only be seen in Kerala during certain times, much like the arrival of festive seasons

Name- Navya Haridas

Mother’s Name- T M Shakuntala

Father’s Name- T Haridasan

Husband’s name: Shobin Shyam

Education- B.Tech in Electronics & Communication from KMCT college Kozhikode.

Age- 39

Birthplace- Kozhikode, Kerala

Occupation/Profession- Engineer turned politician

Political Party- BJP

Designation- Municipal Councilor, BJP candidate Wayanad parliamentary seat

Son – Satvik Shobin

Daughter- Ishana Shobin

Political Career

The story of her political innings is quite dramatic. After getting married to Shobin Shyam who is a mechanical engineer, she moved to Singapore in 2009. Then in 2015, while on a holiday trip in back in Kozhikode, she was ‘handpicked’ for Kozhikode municipal corporation election as a candidate from Karaparamba thanks to her family’s close contact with RSS. She won by by a narrow margin and became a municipal councilor and is representing this constituency. Her victory in municipal elections in a state like Kerala where the BJP is trying to find its feat is significant as it shows growing influence of the party in the state hitherto dominated either by left or by Congress.

Lost in 2021 Assembly election – She was fielded by BJP in the 2021 Kerala assembly election from Kozhikode ( South) assembly seat but came a distant third getting 21% votes.

She is also General Secretary of Mahila Morcha of BJP in the state.

Navya Haridas NetWorth

As per her affidavit, she has declared assets of about Rs 45 lakhs. The couple have a Maruti celerio car ( Navya Haridas) , Maruti Suzuki Alto & Ertiga (spouse). She has declared 400 gms of gold. She also owns 1 acre 70 cents of agriculture land.

Pending Criminal cases

She has no pending criminal cases.