Rajeev Bindal

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Rajeev Bindal
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 April 2023

Rajeev Bindal is the President of Himachal Pradesh BJP. He is a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and has been the speaker of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha since 2018. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bindal was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in Government of Himachal Pradesh, India. [1]

Bindal is the son of Vaid Balmukund Bindal and was born in Solan. He has been a five term MLA, the last two times representing Nahan. He represented the Solan constituency in Vidhan Sabha three times consecutively from 2000 to 2012. He was Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the Himachal Pradesh Government from 2007 to 2012. He was unanimously elected Dpeaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly on January 10, 2018, at the inaugural session of 13th Vidhan Sabha in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.

He is a doctor by profession. Bindal started social service during his college days. After graduation, he went to tribal areas of Bihar to serve as a doctor for three years. He established Himgiri Kalyan Ashram at Solan, a charitable institution where poor children are provided boarding and education free of cost.

Bindal has held the office of Chairperson of the Municipal Committee of Solan from 1995 to 2000. He was elected MLA in 2000 and became Chairman of the HP State Pollution Control Board. He was re-elected as MLA in 2003 and 2007 from Solan. He joined the state cabinet as Minister for Health & Family Welfare from 2007 to 2012. After the Solan constituency was reserved, he contested elections from Nahan in Sirmaur district and was elected twice consecutively. He became the Speaker of Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly, and occupied the constitutional post on January 10, 2018. He was also the Health Minister from 2017 to 2019.

He spent two years as Speaker, and then moved to party organisation by becoming the state president of BJP in January 2020.

He was again appointed President of Himachal Pradesh BJP in April 2023.

Rajeev Bindal was appointed president of Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 23 April 2023. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "108 ambulance service big hit in HP: Bindal". www.business-standard.com. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Rajeev Bindal appointed Himachal BJP chief". The Times of India. 23 April 2023. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Rajiv Bindal is new Himachal BJP chief". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2024.


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