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Thawar Chand Gehlot
Union Minister for Social justice and Empowerment
Thawar Chand Gehlot
A Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh, Thawar Chand Gehlot is the Union minister for social justice and empowerment in the second term of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, which took office on May 30, 2019. In the Modi government's first term, from May 26, 2014, to 2019, too, Gehlot held the same portfolio.Earlier, he represented Shajapur in the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2009. However, he lost the 2009 general elections. He was the General-Secretary and Vice-President of Janata Party from 1977 to 1980. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1996, 1998, 1999. He also held the positions of member of Committee on Agriculture, member of Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Labour in 1996 and 1999. He is the most noticeable face of BJP for the Scheduled Castes.
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Centre slams UP govt's move to include 17 OBC communities in SC list
Gehlot said if the UP government wants to go ahead with its proposal it should follow procedure and send a proposal to the Centre| July 02, 2019, Tuesday -
BJP, Congress field star campaigners in Uttarakhand
Union Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot and BJP leader Shyam Jaju would also campaign for the saffron party in the ...| March 20, 2019, Wednesday -
Winnability only criterion for selection of candidates: Gehlot
Gehlot, who heads the Pradesh BJP poll management committee, said candidates for the five Lok Sabha seats in the state will be ...| March 13, 2019, Wednesday -
Centre committed to welfare of disabled persons:Union minister
Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said the Department of Disabilities was strengthened during the past five years| February 22, 2019, Friday -
Notion that BJP is anti-Ambedkar is far from truth: Thawarchand Gehlot
He was speaking at an event organised by the Maharashtra government to honour journalists with the Mukhnayak Award| February 01, 2019, Friday -
Parliament passes bill granting 10% quota to economically-weaker sections of general category
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot said the legislation is aimed at uplifting the poor people.| January 09, 2019, Wednesday -
Government to review creamy layer criteria for OBC by year-end: Thawarchand Gehlot
Social Justice Ministry is working on a proposal to raise the annual income ceiling of OBCs to Rs eight lakh| August 31, 2016, Wednesday -
People with disabilities to get universal ID cards: Gehlot
'Universal Identity Cards' would be issued to people with disabilities for which a survey would begin next month to ascertain the ...| August 26, 2014, Tuesday