Age: 65
Constituency: Krishna Nagar
Pitted against: Bansi Lal (Congress), S.K. Bagga (AAP)
Education: Law degree (DU, 1987); PhD (IIT Delhi, social sciences dept., 1993)
Declared assets (movable and immovable, including spouse’s): Rs.11,65,38,205
Pending criminal cases: NIL
A former tennis player, Bedi became the first-ever woman IPS officer in 1972. Winner of the 1979 President’s Police Medal and 1994 Magsaysay Award, she served as United Nations civilian police adviser (2003-07) before going on to figure prominently alongside Anna Hazare and Arvind Kejriwal as a member of India Against Corruption in 2011-12. In Jan. 2015, she joined BJP amid controversy and went on to be projected as the party’s chief ministerial candidate.
