Overview
Bhupender Yadav (born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician who is serving as 20th Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change since 2024.[2] He is also a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Alwar.[3] He is the national general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, representing the state of Rajasthan, a position he has held since 2012.[1] He was reelected in April 2018
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Career
Yadav was appointed National Secretary of Bhartiya Janata Party in 2010 by Nitin Gadkari, the then national party President.[8] On 4 April 2012 he was elected as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.[8] He then took charge as the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.[7] Yadav was the war room strategist behind securing convincing victories for his party in the assembly elections of Rajasthan (2013), Gujarat (2017), Jharkhand (2014) and Uttar Pradesh (2017).[9] Yadav is the BJP's in-charge for the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections and BJP in-charge for Madhya Pradesh 2023 state elections. In July 2021, Yadav was inducted in the Modi Cabinet as a Cabinet Minister for Environment Forest & Climate Change and Labour & Employment.[10][11][12] As the Minister…
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References
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