Ministers of State : Teli, Dhotre, Rai among many first timers

Here are some of the profiles of ministers of state:
Rijiju was first elected to Lok Sabha in 2004 and again in 2014 and 2019 from Arunachal-West constituency. PTI ACB
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He was, however, defeated by the Congress candidate in the assembly polls in 2011. He then won the Lok Sabha election three years later. PTI ESB/ACB
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He was a Rajya Sabha member from 2008 to 2014. In 2016 he was again nominated to the upper house of Parliament. PTI PD KRK

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But after then state BJP president Devendra Fadnavis became Maharashtra chief minister in November 2014, Danve took over reins of the party's state unit. PTI ND KRK

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As the state's health minister, he once hit the headlines for advocating dismemberment of government doctors who played truant. PTI NAC SNS
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The 60-year-old Adivasi face of the BJP in the state had also served as a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, where he handled parliamentary and tribal affairs portfolios. PTI MAS LAL RSY
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He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1999. In 2004, he made his Lok Sabha debut. PTI ND KRK
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He retained his seat in the recent general elections wherein he defeated former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha by over 2.77 lakh votes. PTI NAC SNS

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