Indira Hridayesh

Dr. Indira Hridayesh
Leader of the Opposition
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2017 – 13 June 2021
Preceded byAjay Bhatt
Succeeded byPritam Singh
Member of Legislative Assembly
for Haldwani
In office
2012 – 13 June 2021
Preceded byBanshidhar Bhagat
Succeeded bySumit Hridayesh
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byTilak Raj Behar
Succeeded byBanshidhar Bhagat
Personal details
Born(1941-03-24)24 March 1941
Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
(now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died13 June 2021(2021-06-13) (aged 80)
Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseHridayesh Kumar

Indira Hridayesh (24 March 1941 – 13 June 2021) was an Indian politician, from the state of Uttarakhand. She was a member of the Indian National Congress party. Hridayesh was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council for four terms, from 1974 to 2000. She was elected to the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in 2002, 2012, and 2017, and between 2002 and 2017, was the State Finance Minister for Uttarakhand. From 2017 onward, she was the leader of the Opposition for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.