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Indian politician
Rajendra Arlekar
(born 23 April 1954) is an Indian statesman who is current and 29th
Governor of Bihar
.
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He previously served as the 21st
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
, being the first person serving as the
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
from
Goa
. He was a Cabinet Minister in the
Government of Goa
and a former speaker of the
Goa Legislative Assembly
. He is a leader of
Bharatiya Janata Party
.
Political career
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Arlekar has been associated with the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
since his childhood. He joined the
Bharatiya Janata Party
in 1989.
He has been an active member of the Goa BJP since the 1980s. He has held various positions which include the following:
General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa Pradesh.
Chairman, Goa Industrial Development Corporation.
Chairman, Goa State Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes Financial Development Corporation.
General Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa.
South Goa President, Bharatiya Janata Party.
When
Manohar Parrikar
was roped in as the Union Defence Minister in 2014, Arlekar was considered for the next Chief Minister but the Party chose
Laxmikant Parsekar
as the next Chief Minister instead.
He is credited with making Goa Legislative Assembly paperless, the first state assembly to do so.
In 2015 he was appointed the Minister for Environment and Forests during the reshuffling of the cabinet.
On 6 July 2021 he was appointed
Himachal Pradesh
Governor when the incumbent Bandaru Dattatreya was made the governor of Haryana. Arlekar thanked the Party and stated that BJP is a Party where the work of each and every member is recognized.
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