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Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari:

• He was born on 27 May 1957 in Nagpur.

• He Completed M.Com & L.L.B from University of Nagpur.
• He Served as President of BJP from 2010-2013.

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping. (2014 – Till

Date)

• He Served as the Minister of Public Works Department in Government of

Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999.
• He Became MLC for Four Consecutive years.
• He was the chairman of National Rural Road Development Committee,
Government of India in 1995 to 99.

Shri Suresh Prabhu

• He was born on 11th July 1953 in Bombay.

• He is a Chartered Accountant and a Member of the Institute of Chartered
Accounts of India.
• He was all India 11th rank Holder in CA Exam.

Ministry of Railways (2014 – 3rd September 2017)

Ministry of Commerce and Industry (3rd September 2017 – Till Date)

• From 1996 he is repeatedly elected as the member of Parliament from

Rajapur Lok Sabha Consituency.

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• He Currently Represents Andhra Pradesh in Upper House of Parliament.

• He Received Goud Saraswat Brahmin Samaj Maharatha Award on 18
August 2016.

Sushri Uma Bharati

• She was born on 3 May 1959 in Dunda, Tikamgarh District in Madhya

Pradesh.
• She resigned from the post of Chief Minister in August 2004, when an
arrest warrant was issued against her regarding the 1994 Hubli riot case.
• Some of her published writings are Swami Vivekananda in 1972, Peace of
Mind in Africa in 1978

Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (2014

– Till Date).

• Bharati held various state-level and cabinet-level portfolios in the Ministry

of Human Resource Development, Tourism, Youth Affairs & Sports, and
Coal & Mines during the second as well as third ministry of Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpay.
• She is Occasionally addressed by the Hindu honorific Sadhvi a respectful
Sanskrit title for a Female renunciant.

Shri Ramvilas Paswan

• He was born on 5th July 1946 in Khagaria, Munger which is in Bihar State.
• He Holds Bachelors of laws and Master of Arts degree from Kosi College.
• He Formed Lok janashakthi Party in 2000 as a president.

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Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (2014 – Till Date)

• He won his first Lok Sabha Elections in 1977.

• He became railway minister in 1996.
• He was appointed as Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Minister of
Steel under UPA government.

Shri Kalraj Mishra

• He was born on 1st July 1941 in Deoria district, United Provinces, British
India.
• He has M.A degree from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidhyapith Varnasi.
• He was also president of Uttar Pradesh State unit of BJP.

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (2014 – Till Date)

• In 1968 he became the organising secretary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh at

Azamgarh.
• He became the Member of Parliament to the Rajya Sabha in 1980, 1986
and 2001.
• From March 1997 to August 2000, Mishra held portfolios of Public
Works, Medical Education and Tourism

Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

• She was born on 26 August 1956 in Delhi.

• Maneka Gandhi is a member of the Nehru-Gandhi Family.
• She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number
of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare

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Ministry of Women and Child Development (2014 – Till Date)

• She became the General-Secretary of Janata Dal in 1988.

• She was awarded with Lord Erskine Award from the RSPCA in 1992.
• She received Prani Mitra Award in 1996.

Shri Ananth Kumar

• He was born on 22nd July 1959 in Bangalore.

• He holds a degree in Law.
• Since 1996 he has represented Bengaluru South Constituency in the Lok
Sabha.

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Parlimentary Affairs ( 2014

– Till Date).

• He was the Secretary of ABVP in Karnataka from 1982 to 1985. There upon
he became the ABVP National Secretary.
• He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014.
• Kumar was appointed as the Cabinet Minister of Civil Aviation in 1998

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

• He was born on 30th Augsut 1954 in Patna, Bihar.

• He has BA Hons, MA in Political Science and L.L.B degrees from Patna
University.
• He is also a designated senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India.

Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and Ministry of Law

and Justice ( 2014 – Till Date)

• In April 2002, he led the Indian delegation to the Non-Aligned Movement's

ministerial meet in Durban, South Africa.

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• He has adopted the village of Alawalpur under Fatuha block of Patna

district as a model village to be developed under the Pradhan Mantri
Adarsh Gram Yojana.

Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda

• He was born on 2nd December 1960 in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.

• He has B.A from Patna College, Patna University and L.L.B from Himachal
Pradesh University, Shimla.
• As a child he represented All India Junior Swimming Championship held in
Delhi.

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (2014 - Till Date)

• In the 1993 election Jagat Prakash Nadda was first elected to the Himachal
Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
• He was made National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha at the
young age of 31 years.
• In 2012 he got elected to the Rajya Sabha. He has also been a member of
the Committees on Transport, Tourism and Culture.

Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapathi

• He was born on 26th June 1951 in Madras currently known as Chennai.

• He is the son of Maharaja Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju, the
last Maharaja of Vizianagram.
• He is a former President of Andhra Cricket Association.

Ministry of Civil Aviation (2014 – Till Date)

• He was a member of Andhra Pradesh State legislature for over twenty five
year.

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• He was a Minister in the Govt. of A.P for thirteen years holding the
portfolios of Commercial Tax, Excise, Legislative affairs, Finance, Planning
and Revenue.

Shri Anant Geete

• He was born on 2nd June 1951 in Ratnagiri district in Maharastra.

• He completed his matriculation from Ratnagiri’s Mumbai Board, which was
earlier known as Pune Board.
• Mr. Geete is an excellent orator and speaks effectively both in and outside
the Parliament.

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Sector (2014 – Till Date)

• Leader, Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party

• Aug 2002-May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Power

Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal

• She was born on 25th July 1966 in Delhi.

• She is a matriculate and holds a diploma in textile design.
• Her brother Bikram Singh Majithia is a Akali MLA from Majitha and a
minister in the Punjab state government led by her father-in-law Parkash
Singh Badal.

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (2014 – Till Date)

• In August 2009, she was appointed as a member of Committee on estimates and

a member of Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment.
• Badal was appointed as the member of Standing Committee on Food & Public
Distribution in the year 2010.

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Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh

• He was born on 25th March 1946 in Rohtak (Haryana).

• He has Law degree from Panjab University, Chandigarh.
• He married Prema Lata who is a member of the legislative assembly of
Haryana representing Uchana Kalan Constituency.

Ministry of Steel (2014 – Till Date)

• After being associated with the Indian National Congress for over 42 long
years, Ch. Birender Singh declared joining the Bharatiya Janata Party on 16
August 2014.
• Birender Singh served the chairman, Standing Committee of Parliament on
Human Resource, Women & Child Development, Youth & Sports ministry
from Sept 2013 to April 2014.

Shri Prakash Javadekar

• He was born on 30th January 1951 in Pune.

• He has done B.Com from the University of Pune.
• Javadekar is an official spokesperson of the BJP.

Ministry of Human Resource Development (2016 – Till Date)

• In the year 2000, Javadekar also led the delegation to Boston to Negotiate
Media Lab Asia Project.
• He was awarded with the 'Sir Purshottam Das Thakur Memorial' National
Award for his research paper on 'Rural Development and Banks' role in Co-
coordinated Approach'.

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Shri Jual Oram

• He was born on 22nd March 1961 in Sundargarh in Odisha.

• He received his diploma in electrical engineering.
• He served as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of
Orrisa for over four years.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs (2014 – Till Date)

• Oram served as the member of Committee on Official Language and

member of Committee on Industry in 1998.
• Jual Oram was appointed as a member of Orissa legislative assembly from
1990 to 1998.

Shri Radha Mohan Singh

• He was born on 1st September 1949 in Narha panapur East Champaran, Bihar.
• He is a Rajput who hails from Champaran.
• In 2013 he was the in-charge of Uttrakhand BJP.

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (2014 – Till Date)

• Singh was elected as the General Secretary of BJP in Bihar in 1977.

• He became the Organisational Secretary of Jana Sangh in Bihar from 1970
to 1977.
• From 2004-2005 Singh held the position of Vice President of BJP's Kisan
Morcha.

Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot

• He was born on 18th May 1948 in Nagda, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

• He is member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian Parliament,
representing the state of Madhya Pradesh.
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• He formerly represented Shajapur in the lower house of Indian

Parliament, Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009

Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

• Gehlot was the General-Secretary and Vice-President of Janata Party from

1977 to 1980.
• Gehlot was elected to Lok Sabha in 1996, 1998, 1999.
• In 1980 he was appointed as the member of Committee on Estimates and
in 1990 the member of Labour Advisory Committee.

Smt Smriti Zubin Irani

• She was born on 23rd March 1976 in New Delhi.

• Smriti Irani became the Member of Rajya Sabha in 2011.
• She was appointed as the BJP's Vice-President in 2012.

Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

• Irani bagged Indian Telly Awards in the years 2002, 2003 and 2006.
• She was felicitated with Gr8! Women Achiever's Awards in 2005.

• Garv Indian TV Awards honoured her with the Best TV Personality of The
Decade award in 2014.

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