Arjun Ram Meghwal is a senior leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party and is also a former bureaucrat. He currently hails as the Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha from the Bikaner Constituency. Meghwal has been the Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2010.
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Electoral History
Year | Election |
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2009 | 15th Lok Sabha |
2014 | 16th Lok Sabha |
2019 | 17th Lok Sabha |
Positions Held
Year | Position Held |
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08 June 2021 – Present | Union Minister of State for 1. Parliamentary Affairs 2. Ministry of Culture |
30 May 2019 – 7 July 2021 | Union Minister of State for 1. Parliamentary Affairs 2. Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises |
5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019 | Union Minister of State for 1. Ministry of Finance 2. Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
12 July 2014 | Chief Whip of BJP in Lok Sabha |
A whip is the person responsible for making his party members present during a discussion in the house of which he is a member. It can be either one of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha or in the state assembly.
Personal Life
Arjun Ram Meghwal, born on 20 Decemeber 2023, to a family of weavers, to mother Hira Devi and father Lakhu Ram Meghwal in the village of Kishmidesar, Rajasthan.
He is married to Pana Devi (m. 12 May 1968) and has two sons and two daughters.
Educational Qualifications
Meghwal has the degrees of LLB and MBA from Dungar College, Bikaner and University of Philippines as per his electoral affidavit.
As a Bureaucrat
Meghwal is a retired IAS officer of the Rajasthan Cadre.