Gulab Chand Kataria

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Gulab Chand Jain Kataria
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Kataria, c. 2024
Governor of Punjab
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 July 2024

Gulab Chand Jain Kataria (born 13 October 1944) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 37th Governor of Punjab and 17th Administrator of Chandigarh since 31 July 2024. He was the Governor of Assam from 22 February 2023 to 29 July 2024. [1] [2] He was a minister in the Government of Rajasthan from 2013 till 2018, 2003 to 2008 and from 1993 to 1998. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan and is also a member of central working committee of the party.

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Kataria hails from Udaipur and has represented it in 9th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Udaipur from 1989 to 1991. He was booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Sheikh encounter killing, during the rule of the national Congress government, but was found not guilty by a special court. [3] [4] He was also the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 2019 till 2023, 2013 to 2013 and from 2002 to 2003. [5] He was the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan from 1999 to 2000. He was also the member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Udaipur from 2003 to 2023 and from 1977 to 1986 and from Bari Sadri from 1993 to 2003.

Early life

Kataria was born in Rajsamand. [6] He is married to Anita Kataria and has 5 daughters. [7]

Political career

Kataria served as the Home Minister of Rajasthan from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018. [8] Kataria served as education minister in Bhairon Singh Shekhawat government between 1993 and 1998. He was MLA of Barisadri from 1993 to 2003.

Positions held

Departmental positions

SI No.PostDepartmentGovernment or LegislatureTenure
1.MemberEstimates CommitteeRajasthan Legislative Assembly1980 - 1981
2.MemberEstimates Committee (A)Rajasthan Legislative Assembly1981 - 1985
3.MemberCommittee on Papers laid on the TableLok Sabha1990
4.MemberCommittee on AgricultureLok Sabha1990
5.MinisterPrimary & Secondary Education and BhashaGovt. of Rajasthan1993 - 1998
6.MinisterSanskrit Shiksha, Lingual Minority, Language (Bhasha Vibhag), DevasthanGovt. of Rajasthan1993 - 1998
7.ChairmanPublic Accounts CommitteeRajasthan Legislative Assembly1999 - 2000
8.MemberHouse CommitteeRajasthan Legislative Assembly1999 - 2000
9. MLA Leader of the OppositionRajasthan Legislative Assembly2002 - 2003
10.MinisterHome and Public Works DepartmentGovt. of Rajasthan2004
11.MinisterHomeGovt. of Rajasthan2004 - 2008
12.MinisterRural Development and Panchayati RajGovt. of Rajasthan2013
13.MinisterHomeGovt. of Rajasthan2013 - 2018
14. MLA Leader of the OppositionRajasthan Legislative Assembly2018- 16 February 2023 [9]
15.Governor Governor of Assam AssamFebruary 2023- July 2024
16.Governor Governor of Punjab Punjab28 July 2024- Incumbent
17.Administrator Administrator of Chandigarh Chandigarh28 July 2024- Incumbent

Memberships of Legislature

SI No.LegislaturePostTenureParty
1.6th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly MLA 1977 - 1980 JP
2.7th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly MLA 1980 - 1985 BJP
3.9th Lok Sabha MP 1989 - 1991 BJP
4.10th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly MLA 1993 - 1998 BJP
5.11th Rajasthan Legislative AssemblyBadi Sadri MLA 1998 - 2003 BJP
6.12th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly MLA 2003 - 2008 BJP
7.13th Rajasthan Legislative AssemblyMLA2008 - 2013 BJP
8.14th Rajasthan Legislative AssemblyMLA2013 - 2018 BJP
9.15th Rajasthan Legislative AssemblyMLA2018-16 February 2023 [9] BJP

Party posts held

SI No.PostTenureOrganizationParty
1.Vice President & General Secretary1977 - 1980Janta Yuva Morcha JP
2.Secretary1980 - 1985Rajasthan BJP BJP
3.General Secretary1986 - 1993Rajasthan BJP BJP
4.President1999 - 2000Rajasthan BJP BJP

References

  1. ↑ "Gulab Chand Kataria sworn in as Assam governor". The Economic Times . 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Gulab Chand Kataria sworn in as Assam governor". The Hindu . 22 February 2023. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sheikh fake encounter case: CBI books BJP leader Gulab Chand Kataria | India News - Times of India". The Times of India . PTI. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Singh, Harsha Kumari (26 February 2015). Sanyal, Anindita (ed.). "Former Rajasthan Minister Gulabchand Kataria Discharged in Sohrabuddin Encounter Case". NDTV. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Leader of the Opposition Rajasthan Legislative Assembly". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly . Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Kataria shift nudges caste equation". Hindustan Times . 7 November 2003. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  7. ↑ Khan, Mohammad Hamza (20 June 2016). "Not many are surprised over Rajasthan minister Kataria's 'sa** Manmohan' remark". The Indian Express . Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Wadhawan, Dev Ankur (27 March 2017). "Rajasthan: Congress seeks home minister's resignation over comments in Bikaner gangrape case". India Today . Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Resignation from the membership of the Legislative Assembly". Zoom News. 16 February 2023. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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