Jagat Prakash Nadda

Jagat Prakash Nadda

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Jagat Prakash Nadda Profile

  • Name:
  • Jagat Prakash Nadda
  • Other Name:
  • JP Nadda
  • Born:
  • December 2, 1960
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Patna
  • Father:
  • Dr. Narain Lall Nadda
  • Mother:
  • Shrimati Krishna Nadda
  • Spouse:
  • Dr. Mallika Nadda

Jagat Prakash Nadda Biography

Jagat Prakash Nadda is a noted politician and parliamentarian from Himachal Pradesh. He is a member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh. He is a senior leader of BJP and currently serves as the national general secretary. He has been a member of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1998-2003. He also served as the Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs during 1998-2003. He has also served as the Cabinet Minister of Forest, Environment, Science and Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh during 2008-2010. He has also served as a committee member of various departments during his political career.


He was born on 2 December 1960 in Patna. After graduation from his hometown, he took L.L.B. from Himachal University, Shimla. During his academic years at school he excelled in sports and has also represented Bihar in All India Junior Swimming Championship at Delhi. He is married to Dr. Mallika Nadda, daughter of noted parliamentarian Jayshree Banerjee.


He was an active member of ABVP during his college days and was associated with Bihar movement which helped him to rise to prominence. He became the secretary of ABVP, Patna University in 1977. He has been an active member of this youth wing till 1990. Rashtriya Sangarsh Morcha against corruption in 1987 was one of the noted campaigns he conducted during this period. In 1991 he was elected as the National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

 
He joined state politics and got elected for the state assembly elections for the first time in 1993. He served as an MLA of a term of 5 years. Then he got re-elected in 1998-2003 and 2007-2012 and during these tenures he served as a cabinet minister too. In May 2012 he is elected to Rajya Sabha for the first time. When Rajnath Singh joined Modi’s government, he became the first chief of BJP chief.

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Updated: June 10, 2014

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