Nihalchand

Nihalchand

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Nihalchand Profile

  • Name:
  • Nihalchand
  • Other Name:
  • Nihalchand(Politician)
  • Born:
  • February 4, 1971
  • Father:
  • Bega Ram
  • Spouse:
  • Jyoti

Nihalchand Biography

Nihal Chand, also known as Nihalchand Chauhan and Nihalchand Meghwal is a parliamentarian and politician belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been elected to Parliament four times from the Ganganagar constituency, reserved for scheduled caste. He is the youngest parliamentarian from Rajasthan who got elected at the age of 25. He is the union minister of state in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in Modi’s cabinet. Nihal caught media eyes soon after his success in Lok Sabha Elections 2014 when a Jaipur court has issued him a notice for a rape case of 2011. He has been accused of sexually assault by a woman from Sirsa, Haryana, and the incidents occurred between February and September 2011. 17 men were accused in the case. However he was backed up in the same position by BJP government.

 

Nihal Chand was born in 1971 in Ganganagar, Rajasthan. He was born to famous politician and former MLA belonging to Swatantra Party, Bega Ram. He was associated with his panchayat and politics since 1995. He was also elected as the chief of the Raisinghnagar panchayat committee. In 1996 he contested for the Lok sabha elections for the first time from scheduled caste reserved constituency Ganganagar. He was only 25 when he got elected to the parliament becoming the youngest MP from Rajasthan. He was a candidate belonging to BJP. However he got defeated in the next Lok sabha elections in 1998.

 

Then he contested for state assembly elections and won as a BJP candidate. He has been elected to Parliament during 1999 and 2004 general elections and lost in 2008 assembly elections. The following year he lost Lok Sabha elections as well. He got elected to 16th Lok Sabha of India and is given the portfolio of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

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Updated: June 23, 2014

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