She is a member of Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament.
She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party.
She is also an animal rights activist, environmentalist, and wife of the Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi.
She has been a minister in four governments, most recently in Narendra Modi's government from May 2014 to May 2019, and has authored a number of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare.