10. Maneka Gandhi is a vegetarian and promotes vegetarianism on grounds of health, humanity, compassion, karmic reasons, spirituality and ecology.
She also anchored a weekly Television program named “Heads and Tails” highlighting sufferings meted out to animals due to their commercial exploitation. Atal Behari Vajpayee's vision of linking rivers was taken up the BJP during election campaigns. But Maneka Gandhi strongly distanced herself from the project on environmental concerns.
She understands the hazardous environmental consequences that river- linking could cause. She primary concern is the eco-system that could get destroyed.
Maneka Gandhi is currently the Union Minister for Women and child development. She constantly rakes up issues that concern women welfare.
