Santosh Gangwar
Santosh Gangwar | |
|---|---|
Bareilly | |
| Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee | |
| In office 2009–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Kumar Malhotra |
| Succeeded by | Jaswant Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1948 Agra University (B.Sc.) • Rohilkhand University (L.L.B) |
As of 22 September, 2006 Source: [1] | |
Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician and the former
Early life
Born on 1 November 1948 in Bareilly, Santosh Kumar Gangwar attended
He studied in
Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, a library, and a mini bypass. Married to Saubhagya Gangwar, he is blessed with two children, Apoorv Gangwar and Shruti Gangwar.[3] [2] He suffers from vitiligo.[4]
Career
Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government. He served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit in 1996.
Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th Lok Sabha[5] in 1989 from the Bareilly constituency. He represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a BJP Member of Parliament, which involved six successive terms.
He has held ministerial posts in the Government of India.[3] He was Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with the additional charge of Parliament Affairs in 13th Lok Sabha. Prior to this, Gangwar was Minister of State of Science and Technology with the additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs during October and November 1999.
Santosh Gangwar is a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha.
He served as Minister of State for Textiles from 26 May 2014 to 5 July 2016, after which he was sworn in as Minister of State for Finance.[6]
Gangwar forayed into national politics in the year 1989, when he got elected from Bareilly in the 9th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket. In 1996, Gangwar became the General Secretary of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit. Later, he kept on winning from the same constituency and remained an MP in the next six successive terms till 2009. In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was the chief whip of his party, but in the year 2009 elections for 15th Lok Sabha, he had to face defeat by a narrow margin.[2]
In April 2018 Gangwar stirred controversy by saying that "one should not make a big deal" about rape in a country as large as India. The statements followed two incidents where BJP leaders were implicated in violent sexual assault of minors.[7]
27 May 2014 onwards Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Textiles; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation[8][9]
In May 2019, Gangwar became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment.[10]
References
- ^ Roychoudhury, Arup (6 July 2016). "Meet Arjun Meghwal and Santosh Gangwar, the new ministers of state for Finance". Business Standard India.
- ^ a b c "Sarbananda Sonowal Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history".
- ^ a b "List of Cabinet Ministers of India and their Portfolios 2019 and 2014".
- ^ "DRDO team eyes improved vitiligo remedy". Asian Age. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Aadhaar law will ensure Direct Benefit Transfer reaches genuine beneficiaries: FM Jaitley", Daily News and Analysis, 15 July 2016
- ^ "Sometimes Rapes Can't be Stopped, Why Make A "Big Deal", Says Union Minister".
- ^ "Minister of State (Independent Charge): Santosh Gangwar".
- ^ http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=131 [dead link]
- Live Mint, 31 May 2019
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