Thawar Chand Gehlot

Thawar Chand Gehlot
Thawar Chand Gehlot

Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2014
Preceded by	Selja Kumari
MP of Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2012
Member of Parliament
Constituency	Shajapur
Personal details
Born	(1948-05-18) 18 May 1948 Ujjain, Madhya Bharat (present-day Madhya Pradesh), India
Political party	BJP
Spouse(s)	Anita Gehlot
Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
Residence	Nagda, ujjain
Website	http://socialjustice.nic.in/cabinetminister.php
As of 22 September, 2006 Source:

Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 18 May 1948) is an Indian politician who serves in the Narendra Modi government as a Cabinet minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. He is a Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh. He represented the Shajapur constituency of Madhya Pradesh in the 11th, 12th, 13th & 14th Lok Sabhas (1996-2009) ^[1] and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is a General Secretary of the BJP.^[2] Thawar Chand Gehlot is one of the prominent Dalit faces in BJP.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Thawar Chand Gehlot: The Scheduled Caste face in Narendra Modi's cabinet: India, News – The Economic Times". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
↑ BJP National office bearers, National Office bearers. "National office bearers".
↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/thawar-chand-gehlot-114052601134_1.html
↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-where-are-the-bjp-s-dalit-leaders-2102588
↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/after-reshuffle-no-dalit-face-in-key-bjp-team/

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Phool Chand Verma	Member of Parliament for Shajapur 1996–2009	Succeeded by Constituency dissolved
Political offices
Preceded by Selja Kumari	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment 26 May 2014 - Present	Succeeded by Incumbent

External links

Members of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh – Parliament of India website

Modi ministry

Prime Minister: Narendra Modi

Cabinet Ministers

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Radha Mohan Singh

Chemicals and Fertilizers	Ananth Kumar

Civil Aviation	Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution	Ram Vilas Paswan

Corporate Affairs	Arun Jaitley

Defence	Manohar Parrikar

Drinking Water and Sanitation	Narendra Singh Tomar

Earth Sciences	Harsh Vardhan

Electronics and IT	Ravi Shankar Prasad

External Affairs	Sushma Swaraj

Finance	Arun Jaitley

Food Processing Industry	Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Health and Family Welfare	Jagat Prakash Nadda

Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises	Anant Geete

Home Affairs	Rajnath Singh

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Venkaiah Naidu

Human Resource Development	Prakash Javadekar

Information and Broadcasting	Venkaiah Naidu

Law and Justice	Ravi Shankar Prasad

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Kalraj Mishra

Minority Affairs	Najma Heptulla

Overseas Indian Affairs	Sushma Swaraj

Panchayati Raj	Narendra Singh Tomar

Parliamentary Affairs	Ananth Kumar

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Narendra Modi

Railways	Suresh Prabhu

Rural Development	Narendra Singh Tomar

Science and Technology	Harsh Vardhan

Social Justice and Empowerment	Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Space	Narendra Modi

Statistics and Programme Implementation	D. V. Sadananda Gowda

Steel	Ch. Birender Singh

Shipping and Road Transport and Highways	Nitin Gadkari

Textiles	Smriti Irani

Tribal Affairs	Jual Oram

Urban Development	Venkaiah Naidu

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Uma Bharti

Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

AYUSH	Shripad Yasso Naik

Coal	Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry	Nirmala Sitharaman

Communications	Manoj Sinha

Culture	Mahesh Sharma

Development of North Eastern Region	Jitendra Singh

Environment, Forest and Climate Change	Anil Madhav Dave

Labour and Employment	Bandaru Dattatreya

Mines	Piyush Goyal

New and Renewable Energy	Piyush Goyal

Planning	Rao Inderjit Singh

Petroleum and Natural Gas	Dharmendra Pradhan

Power	Piyush Goyal

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship	Rajiv Pratap Rudy

Tourism	Mahesh Sharma

Youth Affairs and Sports	Vijay Goel

Ministers of State

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare	Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat

Atomic Energy	Jitendra Singh

Chemicals and Fertilizers	Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Civil Aviation	Jayant Sinha

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution	Chhotu Ram Chaudhary

Corporate Affairs	Arjun Ram Meghwal

Defence	Subhash Ramrao Bhamre

Drinking Water and Sanitation	Ramesh Jigajinagi

Earth Sciences	Y. S. Chowdary

Electronics and IT	P P Choudhary

External Affairs	M. J. Akbar V. K. Singh

Finance	Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar

Food Processing Industry	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Health and Family Welfare	Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste

Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises	G. M. Siddeshwara

Home Affairs	Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju

Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation	Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

Human Resource Development	Mahendra Nath Pandey Upendra Kushwaha

Information and Broadcasting	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Law and Justice	P P Choudhary

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh

Minority Affairs	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Overseas Indian Affairs	V. K. Singh

Panchayati Raj	Parsottambhai Rupala

Parliamentary Affairs	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi S. S. Ahluwalia

Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions	Jitendra Singh

Prime Minister's Office	Jitendra Singh

Railways	Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain

Road Transport and Highways	Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan

Rural Development	Ram Kripal Yadav

Science and Technology	Y. S. Chowdary

Social Justice and Empowerment	Krishna Pal Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla

Steel	Vishnudeo Sai

Shipping	Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan

Space	Jitendra Singh

Textiles	Ajay Tamta

Tribal Affairs	Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation	Sanjeev Balyan Vijay Goel

Women and Child Development	Maneka Gandhi

Urban Development	Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

Bharatiya Janata Party

Presidents	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1980–86) Lal Krishna Advani (1986–91) Murli Manohar Joshi (1991–93) Lal Krishna Advani (1993–98) Kushabhau Thakre (1998–2000) Bangaru Laxman (2000–01) Jana Krishnamurthi (2001–02) Venkaiah Naidu (2002–04) Lal Krishna Advani (2004–06) Rajnath Singh (2006–09) Nitin Gadkari (2009–13) Rajnath Singh (2013–14) Amit Shah (2014–present)

Current Vice Presidents	Satya Pal Malik Parsottambhai Rupala Prabhat Jha Vinay Sahasrabuddhe Renu Devi Dinesh Sharma Om Prakash Mathur Shyam Jaju Avinash Rai Khanna

Other prominent leaders	Sushma Swaraj Arun Jaitley Yashwant Sinha Subramanian Swamy Ravi Shankar Prasad Pramod Mahajan Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Sushil Kumar Modi Himanta Biswa Sarma

Prime Ministers	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Narendra Modi

Current Chief ministers	Vijay Rupani Vasundhara Raje Shivraj Singh Chouhan Raman Singh Laxmikant Parsekar Manohar Lal Khattar Devendra Fadnavis Raghubar Das Sarbananda Sonowal

Spokespersons	Syed Shahnawaz Hussain M. J. Akbar Meenakshi Lekhi Sudhanshu Trivedi Bizay Sonkar Shastri Siddharth Nath Singh Nalin Kohli Shaina NC Sambit Patra Anil Baluni GVL Narsimha Rao Gopal Krishna Agarwal

General Secretaries	P. Muralidhar Rao Kailash Vijayvargiya Muralidhar Rao Ram Madhav Saroj Pandey Bhupender Yadav Anil Jain Ram Lal Arun Singh

Morcha	Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha BJP Mahila Morcha BJP SC Morcha BJP ST Morcha BJP OBC Morcha BJP Minority Morcha BJP Kisan Morcha

Related organisations	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Bharatiya Jana Sangh Janata Party Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

Others	Hindutva Integral humanism

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