Arjun Munda | |
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Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare | |
In office 7 December 2023 [1] –11 June 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
Succeeded by | Shivraj Singh Chauhan |
Minister of Tribal Affairs | |
In office 30 May 2019 –11 June 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
Preceded by | Jual Oram |
Succeeded by | Jual Oram |
2nd Chief Minister of Jharkhand | |
In office 11 September 2010 –8 January 2013 | |
Preceded by | President's rule |
Succeeded by | President's rule |
In office 12 March 2005 –14 September 2006 | |
Preceded by | Shibu Soren |
Succeeded by | Madhu Koda |
In office 18 March 2003 –2 March 2005 | |
Preceded by | Babulal Marandi |
Succeeded by | Shibu Soren |
Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
In office 23 May 2019 –5 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Karia Munda |
Constituency | Khunti |
President,Archery Association of India | |
Assumed office 30 May 2019 | |
Preceded by | Vijay Kumar Malhotra |
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2010 - 2014 | |
Preceded by | Mangal Singh Soy |
Succeeded by | Dashrath Gagrai |
In office 2000 - 2009 | |
Preceded by | office established |
Succeeded by | Mangal Singh Soy |
Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1995 - 2000 | |
Succeeded by | office abolished |
Constituency | Kharsawan |
Personal details | |
Born | Krangajhar,Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand),India | 3 May 1968
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Meera Munda |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Jamshedpur / New Delhi |
Website | arjunmunda |
Arjun Munda (born 3 May 1968) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,a former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Jharkhand and the former Minister of Tribal Affairs and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare in the Second Modi ministry. He has also served as a member of parliament,having been elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Jamshedpur constituency in the 2009 parliamentary elections. The BJP has appointed him as one of the general secretary of the party.
He lost his seat to Dashrath Gagrai of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha by 11,966 votes in Kharasawan in a 2014 state assembly election. [2]
Arjun Munda was born on 3 May 1968 in Khrangajhar,Jamshedpur to Ganesh and Saira Munda. [3] After completing high school education in the Jamshedpur area,he graduated from Ranchi University and went on to earn a PG Diploma in Social Sciences from Indira Gandhi National Open University. [3]
Munda began his political career in his teens during early 1980s when he joined the Jharkhand movement spearheaded by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) which sought to create a separate state for tribals from the southern regions of Bihar. A believer in the welfare of indigenous people of his region,Munda felt passionate about the issue and took an active part in the movement. Soon his political influence grew due to his inclusive philosophy and he was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Kharsawan constituency in 1995 on a JMM ticket.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) strongly espoused the cause of Jharkhand and ran on a promise to create the state. Munda was attracted to the aspects [4] of selfless nation building and sacrifice in the ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He believed in its policy of championing the cause of Jharkhand and joined the BJP. He was elected again to the Bihar Assembly in 2000 elections on a BJP ticket from his old constituency of Kharsawan. After Jharkhand's formation,he was elected to the Jharkhand Assembly from the same constituency in 2005 and again in the 2011 by-election after assuming responsibility as the Chief Minister in September 2010.
When the NDA government came to power in 1999 under the leadership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee,it kept its promise and created Jharkhand along with Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh. Munda became the Tribal Welfare Minister in the 1st Babulal Marandi-led NDA coalition government of Jharkhand,which was carved out from Bihar on 15 November 2000. As welfare minister,he crafted many policies and programs to ameliorate a lot of the poor and downtrodden. His vision,his work ethic,and his performance matrix soon catapulted him to the top leadership grade and his popularity and support base soared meteorically. His inclusive philosophy and his commitment to Jharkhand's high growth and development made him chief minister in 2003 at the young age of 35 when he was chosen as the consensus candidate to lead the state in the aftermath of Babulal Marandi's divisive domicile policy. [5] [6] [7] [8]
He took the oath as union minister in Narendra Modi's second cabinet on 30 May 2019 and became the Minister of Tribal Affairs. [9]
Arjun Munda defused the tension that was created due to the "Domicile movement" [10] in 2001–2002 and insisted that every citizen of India had the fundamental right granted by the Indian Constitution to live and work in any part of the country.
During his tenure,Jharkhand got the 1st Lokayukta and the State successfully conducted the 34th National Games in 2011.
A 32-year-long jinx was broken[ clarification needed ] when Jharkhand scripted history by conducting panchayat elections and empowered PRIs for participatory governance.
His government introduced an e-tender system in government contracts to bring transparency and efficiency and to provide equal opportunity in the procurement process.
He also took initiatives for setting up of new power plants with a view to making Jharkhand a power surplus state.
He introduced some of the famous welfare schemes and programs that were later emulated by other Indian states,such as: [11]
An avid golfer,Munda is also interested in promoting archery at national and international levels. He plays flute and almost all tribal musical instruments widely used in the area.[ verification needed ] He has 3 sons. [13]
Munda is a multi-linguist who speaks English,Hindi,Bengali,Odia,Santhali,Mundari,Ho,Oraon. [14]
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