11th and incumbent president of the Bharatiya Janata Party
J. P. Nadda
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Nadda in 2018
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Assumed office
20 January 2020
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2020-01-20
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Vice President
| Vasundhara Raje
, Saudan Singh,
Saroj Pandey
,
Baijayant Panda
,
D. K. Aruna
,
A. P. Abdullakutty
,
Rekha Verma
, M. Chuba Ao,
Laxmikant Bajpai
,
Lata Usendi
,
Tariq Mansoor
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Preceded by
| Amit Shah
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Assumed office
2 April 2024
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2024-04-02
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Preceded by
| Parshottam Rupala
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Constituency
| Gujarat
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In office
3 April 2012
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2012-04-03
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? 4 March 2024
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2024-03-04
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Preceded by
| Viplove Thakur
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Succeeded by
| Harsh Mahajan
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Constituency
| Himachal Pradesh
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In office
17 June 2019
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2019-06-17
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? 20 January 2020
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2020-01-20
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President
| Amit Shah
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Preceded by
| Jana Krishnamurthy
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Succeeded by
| Vacant
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In office
9 November 2014
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2014-11-09
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? 30 May 2019
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2019-05-30
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Prime Minister
| Narendra Modi
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Preceded by
| Harsh Vardhan
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Succeeded by
| Harsh Vardhan
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In office
2007
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2007
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?2012
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2012
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Chief Minister
| Prem Kumar Dhumal
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Ministry
| Forest, Environment, Science and Technology
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In office
1998
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1998
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?2003
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2003
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Chief Minister
| Prem Kumar Dhumal
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Ministry
| Health & Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs
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In office
2007
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2007
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?2012
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2012
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Preceded by
| Tilak Raj Sharma
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Succeeded by
| Bumber Thakur
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Constituency
| Bilaspur
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In office
1993
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1993
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?2003
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2003
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Preceded by
| Sada Ram Thakur
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Succeeded by
| Tilak Raj Sharma
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Constituency
| Bilaspur
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Born
| Jagat Prakash Nadda
(
1960-12-02
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2 December 1960
(age 63)
Patna
,
Bihar
,
India
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Political party
| Bharatiya Janata Party
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Spouse
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Mallika Banerjee
(
m.
1991)
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Children
| 2
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Relatives
| Jayashree Banerjee
(mother-in-law)
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Alma mater
| ?St. Xavier's High School, Patna
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Website
| jagatprakashnadda
.in
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Jagat Prakash
"
J.P.
"
Nadda
(born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician serving as the 11th
national president
of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
since 2020 and the member of the
Rajya Sabha
representing
Gujarat
since 2024. A key decision maker of the BJP, he is a close aide to
Narendra Modi
.
[1]
He was the BJP's working president from 2019 to 2020.
[2]
[3]
Nadda also served as
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of
Bharatiya Janata Party
.
[4]
Previously, he was an MLA from
Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
from 2007 to 2012 and from 1993 to 2003 and Minister of Forest, Environment, Science, and Technology from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from 1998 to 2003 in the
Himachal Pradesh Government
.
[5]
Personal life
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edit
]
Nadda was born on 2 December 1960 in
Patna
,
Bihar
in the family of Narain Lall Nadda and Krishna Nadda, with roots in
Himachal Pradesh
.
[6]
[7]
[8]
He has a brother named Jagat Bhushan Nadda.
[9]
Nadda was educated at
St. Xavier's School, Patna
. Thereafter he did his
B.A
. from
Patna College
,
Patna University
and
LL.B.
from
Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
. As a child, he represented
Bihar
in the All India Junior Swimming Championship held at Delhi. Nadda married Mallika Nadda (
nee
Banerjee) on 11 December 1991, with whom he has two sons.
[8]
His mother-in-law
Jayashree Banerjee
was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999.
[10]
[11]
Political career
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]
Early electoral politics
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Nadda was first elected to the
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
in the
election of 1993
from
Bilaspur
. He was
re-elected
in 1998.
During his first term, he served as the Leader of his party group in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, from 1994 to 1998. He was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs in
First Dhumal ministry
.
[12]
Nadda lost his seat in the
2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
.
Nadda was elected for another term in the
2007 elections
. After
Prem Kumar Dhumal
formed a government, he inducted Nadda into his cabinet, as cabinet minister responsible for Forest, Environment, Science and Technology, from 2008 to 2010.
[12]
Rise in national politics
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Nadda did not seek re-election to the Legislative Assembly in 2012, and instead got elected to
Rajya Sabha
,
Indian Parliament
's
upper chamber
.
[12]
In 2014,
during a cabinet reshuffle
, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
made Nadda, the
Minister of Health
.
[13]
President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
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edit
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Nadda was appointed the national working president of the BJP in June 2019. On 20 January 2020, he was elected unanimously as the BJP National President, a role he took from
Amit Shah
.
[14]
In January 2021 in
Bardhaman
,
West Bengal
, Nadda started a new scheme
Ek Muthi Chaawal Yojana
.
[15]
In September 2022 he got extension to be the party chief till 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
[16]
On 4 March 2024, he resigned as member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh.
[17]
He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from
Gujarat
[18]
and took oath on 6 April 2024.
[19]
References
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Dutta, Prabhash K. (20 January 2020).
"JP Nadda gets full command of BJP in a journey that began with ABVP"
.
India Today
. Retrieved
20 January
2020
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"JP Nadda elected as BJP national working president, Amit Shah to remain party chief"
.
The Indian Express
. 17 June 2019
. Retrieved
25 June
2019
.
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"???? ?????? ?? ????????? ??? ?? ?? ???? ?????, ??? ????? ?? ???? ???? ?????? ?? ????????? ???????"
.
Amar Ujala
. 20 January 2020
. Retrieved
20 January
2020
.
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"Detailed Profile ? Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda ? Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) ? Who's Who ? Government: National Portal of India"
.
india.gov.in
. Retrieved
25 May
2022
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"The Biography of Jagat Prakash (J P) Nadda"
. Bihar Prabha. 24 May 2014
. Retrieved
24 May
2014
.
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"Jagat Prakash Nadda, President of the Bharatiya Janta Party"
.
jagatprakashnadda.in
. Retrieved
9 March
2022
.
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Taneja, Nidhi (20 January 2020).
"JP Nadda: Born in Bihar but Himachali by origin, BJP's new president has a challenge in hand"
.
India TV News
. Retrieved
20 January
2020
.
- ^
a
b
"Detailed Profile: Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda"
.
India.gov.in
. Archived from
the original
on 28 May 2014
. Retrieved
25 May
2022
.
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"Jagat Prakash Nadda all set to head BJP"
.
Free Press Journal
. 31 May 2019
. Retrieved
20 February
2020
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Arnimesh, Shanker (20 January 2020).
"Himachal setbacks to Delhi rise ? how Modi-Shah favourite JP Nadda became BJP chief"
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ThePrint
. Retrieved
12 December
2020
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"Jagat Prakash Nadda Biography"
. BJPHaryana.org.
- ^
a
b
c
"Jagat Prakash Nadda Biography ? About family, political life, awards won, history"
.
www.elections.in
. Retrieved
2 January
2020
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Vincent, Pheroze L. (9 November 2014).
"21 new Ministers inducted into Modi Cabinet"
.
The Hindu
. Retrieved
25 May
2022
.
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Hebbar, Nistula (20 January 2020).
"Who is JP Nadda, the new BJP national president?"
.
The Hindu
. Retrieved
26 August
2020
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"BJP launches big farmer push in Bengal with Nadda's 'Ek Mutthi Chawal Sangrah'
"
.
Tribune
. 9 January 2021
. Retrieved
29 March
2022
.
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Mishra, Himanshu (26 September 2022).
"No election for BJP national president, JP Nadda to continue as party chief till 2024 Lok Sabha polls"
.
India Today
. Retrieved
14 October
2022
.
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"BJP chief JP Nadda resigns as Rajya Sabha member from Himachal"
.
The Times of India
. 4 March 2024.
ISSN
0971-8257
. Retrieved
4 March
2024
.
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Kumar, Sharat; Doshi, Brijesh (20 February 2024).
"Sonia Gandhi, BJP's JP Nadda elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha"
.
India Today
. Retrieved
12 April
2024
.
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"J.P. Nadda, others take oath as Rajya Sabha members"
.
The Hindu
. PTI. 6 April 2024
. Retrieved
12 April
2024
.
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