Rajendra Singh Rathore

Rajendra Rathore
Rajendra Rathore
Deputy Leader of the Opposition; Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 January 2019
Member of Legislative Assembly, Rajasthan
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1990
Constituency	Churu
Minister of State; Government of Rajasthan
	In office; 1993–1994
Minister of PWD; Government of Rajasthan
	In office; 2003–2008
Succeeded by	Bharat Singh, INC
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; Government of Rajasthan
	In office; 2003–2008
Succeeded by	Shanti Kumar Dhariwal, INC
Minister of Health & Family Welfare; Government of Rajasthan
	In office; 2013–2016
Succeeded by	Kali Charan Saraf, BJP
Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj; Government of Rajasthan
	In office; 2016–2018
Succeeded by	Sachin Pilot, INC
Personal details
Born	21 April 1955 (age 68)
Spouse(s)	Chand Kanwar
Children	1
Residence	54 , Geeta Path , Suraj Nagar West, Civil Lines, Jaipur 302006
Alma mater	University of Rajasthan
Occupation	Politician

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Rajendra Rathore (born 21 April 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as deputy leader of opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly, Rajasthan from the BJP representing Churu Constituency.^[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Rathore was born on 21 April 1955 in Harpalsar village, Sardarshahar, District Churu, Rajasthan. He was born to Uttam Singh Rathore, an RAS officer. He was schooled in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, and then obtained his M.A. in 1980, D.L.L. in 1978, L.L.B. in 1977 at Rajasthan University, Jaipur. He was elected as the president of the Student Union at Rajasthan University in 1979.

He married Chand Kanwar, on 23 February 1978. The couple has a son, Parakram Singh Rathore.

Political career[edit]

Rajendra Rathore has been a prominent face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan, for past 3 decades. He has emerged from numerous crisis and has a strong grip in Rajput voters in the state; he enjoys huge popularity in Churu, Rajasthan. Rathore is also a big face of JAT Rajput politics of Churu, who have voted for him in huge numbers in Churu; Rathore had a very close relationship with Jat strongman, Stalwart BJP leader and Former Minister Digamber Singh. But he is losing his grip in last election margin was just near 2,000 votes.^{[citation needed]} His friendship with Singh is till date considered^{[by whom?]} the best one can have; despite both being politicians.

Membership of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly[edit]

SI No.	Assembly	Tenure	Constituency	Party
1.	9th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.	1990 - 1993	Churu	Janata Dal
2.	10th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.	1993 - 1998	Churu	Bharatiya Janata Party
3.	11th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.	1998 - 2003	Churu	Bharatiya Janata Party
4.	12th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.	2003 - 2008	Churu	Bharatiya Janata Party
5.	13th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.	2008 - 2013	Taranagar	Bharatiya Janata Party
6.	14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.	2013 - 2018	Churu	Bharatiya Janata Party
7.	15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.	Incumbent	Churu	Bharatiya Janata Party

Positions held in Government of Rajasthan[edit]

SI No.	Post	Department or Ministry	Tenure
1.	MLA	Deputy Chief Whip	1991 - 1993
2.	Minister of State	Medical and Health, Medical Services (ESI).	1993 - 1998
3.	Cabinet Minister	Public Works Department and Parliamentary Affairs.	2003 - 2008
4.	Cabinet Minister	Medical and Health Services (ESI), Medical Education, Ayurveda & Indian Medical Methods.	2013 - 2016
5.	Cabinet Minister	Rural Development & Panchayati raj and Parliamentary Affairs, Election.	2016 - 2018
6.	MLA	Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Incumbent

Social works[edit]

Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Medical College - In October 2018, Rathore took the unprecedented step of opening of Medical College in Churu which is now serving the medical study requirement of many students.
Lohia Law College - Lohia College has started post graduate courses and graduate level courses.
Churu Nature Park - In September 2018, he inaugurated the grand nature park in Churu. After Jaipur's Central Park in Rajasthan, the second largest nature park is located in Churu. It is built on 90 bighas of land and more than 10 thousand saplings of about 20 species have been planted under the Naturopathy system. It is equipped with facilities like yoga center, two accupressure tracks, sand path, open gym, watch tower, knowledge park, women park, children park and Swami Gopaldas open air theatre.
Medical Relief Society - In 1993-98, Rathore started the Medical Relief Society while being the Minister of Medical and Health Department.

References[edit]

↑ Nandi, Palak (12 November 2018). "Rajendra Rathore, 6-time MLA, faces toughest test in his career". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] Nandi, Palak (12 November 2018). "Rajendra Rathore, 6-time MLA, faces toughest test in his career". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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