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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Politician

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Union Minister of Culture · Bhartiya Janta Party · Politician

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Born03 Oct 1967
FromJaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
OccupationPolitician
PartyBhartiya Janta Party
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Overview

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (born 3 October 1967)[2] is an Indian politician who is serving as Minister of Culture and Minister of Tourism since 2024.[3] He is a member of parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) representing Jodhpur in the Lok Sabha.

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Career

Shekhawat began his political career in student politics when in 1992 he was elected as president of the Student Union at JNVU University, gaining more votes than any other previous Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad supporter.[5] Shekhawat was appointed National General Secretary of the BJP Kisan Morcha, the farmers wing of the Bharatiya Janta Party.[7] He was also a member of the Rajasthan State Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

He was elected as a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014, with the highest ever winning margin (4,10,051 votes) from the constituency of Jodhpur. One of his major achievements during his tenure as an MP has been the expansion of the Jodhpur Airport, a demand that had continuously been raised during the last 18 years.[citation needed]

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References

  1. "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Lok Sabha Secretariat. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Who is Gajendra Singh Shekhawat?". indianexpress.com. New Delhi: The Indian Express. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ^ Report, TOI (4 September 2017). "Cabinet rejig: Meet Modi's formidable force in run-up to 2019 general elections". The Times of India.
  4. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. Archived from the original on 16 February 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Cabinet reshuffle: Dedicated party veterans, ex-bureaucrats in Modi's chosen nine". The Times of India. PTI. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. ^ Sharma, Nidhi (25 April 2024). "Lok Sabha election: Two-term MP and greenhorn Rajputs clash in Jodhpur". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  7. ^ Report, TOI. "BJP Kisan Morcha names office bearers, says will work for farmers". PTI. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  8. ^ Report, TOI. "On right track". PTI. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Profile: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat". Quora. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  10. ^ Parihar, Rohit (24 May 2019). "Election results 2019: Modi wave drowns Ashok Gehlot's son in Jodhpur". India Today. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Govt forms 'Jal Shakti' Ministry by merging Water Resources and Drinking Water Ministries", Business Standard, Press Trust of India, 31 May 2019
  12. ^ "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
  13. ^ "Gajendra Singh Shekhawat". www.ptinews.com/home.aspx. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and his contribution". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

Last updated on 13 Oct 2024, 00:18 (IST)

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