‘Bihar poll crucial for India’
CPI (M-L) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya became actively involved in politics after joining the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
CPI (M-L) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya became actively involved in politics after joining the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
NDMC vice chairman Kuljeet Singh Chahal started his political career with the ABVP – the student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mahant Ravindra Puri, President of the Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad and the driving force behind the success of the Mahaukumbh, had a long telephonic conversation with “The Statesman” correspondent Manoj Bhadra on different aspects of the Mahakumbh through the perspectives of the saints and sadhus of the 13 Akharas.
Gahlot later joined the BJP and the party made him a nominee from Bijwasan assembly segment in south west Delhi. In an exclusive interview with The Statesman, the former minister talked about his previous innings with the AAP and exuded confidence of his victory in the assembly polls.
Kailash Gahlot, a lawyer-turned-politician, started his political journey with the AAP in 2015, representing the Najafgarh constituency twice.
Dr Singh was cabinet minister for the General Administration Department (GAD), Legislative Affairs Department and Cooperatives Department from 2018 to 2020 in the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in the state. He was earlier the Minister of State of the Home Department in 1998 when Mr. Digvijaya Singh was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Her interventions in the House are interesting to watch as she presents all details pertaining to the subject. During the debate on the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019, she came to Parliament equipped with all data.
As tourism minister, Reddy has taken several initiatives to promote India as a global tourist destination. With a target to attract foreign tourists to India and improve the country's ranking in the World Tourism Index, he took several steps to explore the untapped tourism potential of the country, especially of the lesser-known destinations in the country.
Hailing from the Rangareddy district of Telangana, Gangapuram Kishan Reddy started his political career as a youth leader of the Janata Party in 1977.
In 2001, Dhami served as an adviser to Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, then chief minister of Uttarakhand. He started his political career in 1990 with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the BJP. He also served as the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha until 2008. During this time, he was credited with compelling the state government to reserve 70 per cent of opportunities for the local youth in industries of the state. On 3 July 2021, Dhami was sworn in as the 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, after the resignation of Tirath Singh Rawat.