Arti Singh Rao

• Rao Inderjit Singh (father)
• Manita Singh (mother)

Arti Singh Rao
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Haryana
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2024
Residence	New Delhi
Alma mater	Graduate
Occupation	Politician & International Skeet Shooter

Arti Singh Rao is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who is currently serving as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare of Haryana. She is a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Ateli Assembly constituency since October 2024. ^{[1] [2] [3]} She is the daughter of Rao Inderjit Singh, who is the current Minister of Culture of India. ^[4]

Early life

Arti Singh Rao was born in 1979. She is a daughter of Indian politician & Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh and Manita Singh. She was an International Skeet Shooter and has won multiple medals finishing best with a Gold Medal at the 2005 Asian Games. She started practicing shooting in 1998 and played her first international competition in 1999. ^{[5] [ better source needed ]} She is the granddaughter of Rao Birender Singh, the former Chief Minister of Haryana. Her uncles, Rao Ajit Singh and Rao Yaduvendra Singh, are also politicians.^{[ citation needed ]}

Political career

Belonging to a well-established political family, her debut in politics was inevitable. Although she was active in the political sphere since the early 2010s, she was denied a ticket to Haryana Legislative Assembly seat earlier by BJP, ^[6] but was offered one from Ateli constituency in 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, a constituency in southern Haryana, where Rao Inderjit Singh has a very strong foothold. She defeated the BSP candidate Atar Lal ^[7] and became the member of assembly for the first time. In the Second Saini ministry, she was sworn in as a cabinet minister and allotted Health ministry portfolio. She is also the Minister of Medical Education & Research and the Minister of Ayush. ^[8]

References

1. "Ateli, Haryana Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJP's Arti Singh Rao defeats BSP's Attar Lal with 3085 votes". India Today. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
2. "Ateli Election Result 2024 LIVE Update: BJP's Arti Singh Rao A Winner After Close Fight With BSP's Attar Lal". News18. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
3. "A look at Haryana's 40 first-time MLAs". The Indian Express. 2 December 2024. Archived from the original on 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
4. Team, T. H. S. (3 February 2024). "Aarti Rao: Raising the election pitch with "Discrimination against South Haryana". en.theharyanastory.com. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
5. "Arti Singh RAO, ISSF Athletes Database". ISSF. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
6. "'Despite being Rao Inderjit Singh's daughter, I did not get a ticket for 10 years… I am here to work': Arti Singh Rao". The Indian Express. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
7. "Ateli Election Result 2024 LIVE Update: BJP's Arti Singh Rao A Winner After Close Fight With BSP's Attar Lal". News18. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
8. "Haryana's new ministers get portfolios: CM Nayab Singh Saini keeps home, Anil Vij heads energy". The Times of India. 21 October 2024. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 October 2024.