Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP and former Union minister Naran Rathwa joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alongside along with his son and numerous supporters in Gujarat on Tuesday.
Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP and former Union minister Naran Rathwa joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alongside along with his son and numerous supporters in Gujarat on Tuesday.(X(previously Twitter))
Gujarat BJP chief C R Paatil inducted Rathwa and others into the get together by providing them saffron scarves and caps on the get together’s state headquarters ‘Kamalam’ in Gandhinagar.
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Rathwa’s induction is a significant blow to the Congress forward of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He is a veteran chief from Chhota Udepur in Gujarat.
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Brief profile of Naran Rathwa
- According to the official web site of the Rajya Sabha, Rathwa holds B.A. and M.S.W. levels. He has studied at S.N. College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad and Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
- His tenure as Rajya Sabha MP will finish in April this 12 months.
- He is a five-time Lok Sabha MP, elected in 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 2004.
- He served as Minister of State for Railways within the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) authorities in 2004.
- He additionally served as a member of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, from May 2021-April 2022.
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Almost every week earlier, BJP president J P Nadda and three different candidates of the get together have been elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. Apart from Nadda, the three different candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha have been diamond baron Govindbhai Dholakia, BJP leaders Jasvantsinh Parmar and Mayank Nayak.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
