Rajiv Jasrotia | |
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Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2024–2029 | |
Succeeded by | Brijeshwar Singh |
Constituency | Jasrota |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Succeeded by | Sandeep Majotra |
Constituency | Kathua |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 October 1973 |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Rajiv Jasrotia (born 26 October 1973) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Jasrotia is a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Jasrota constituency since 2024 and was formerly elected from Kathua constituency in 2014. [1] He headed Municipal committee of Hiranagar for four years. He was the Minister for Forest,Environment,and Ecology of Jammu and Kashmir [2] in a PDP-BJP coalition government for a short period of over 6 weeks until the coalition failed on 19 June 2018. He courted controversy after participating in a rally in support of the accused in the kathua rape case. [3]
Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
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2024 | Jasrota | BJP | Won | 51.94% | Brijeshwar Singh | Independent | 33.05% | [4] | ||
2014 | Kathua | BJP | Won | 39.11% | Som Raj Majotra | BSP | 31.65% | [5] | ||