Shankar Chaudhary
Shankar Chaudhary (born 3 December 1970) is an Indian politician from Gujarat state. He is the Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly since December 2022. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2017 and again since 2022. He was MLA from Radhanpur (1998 to 2017) in Gujarat. He was elected from Tharad constituency in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election.
He is General Secretary Youth BJP. He was born at village Arbudanagar, Radhanpur, District - Patan, Gujarat. Shankar Chaudhary is chairman of Banas Dairy , Gujrat . He was ex. Minister in Gujarat Govt . Kamraj Bhai Chaudhary is M.D. Banas Dairy , Gujrat
Political career
He contested his first ever election of the Legislative Assembly at the age of just 27 years against the then Chief Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela in 1997 from Radhanpur. However, in the subsequent election held in 1998, he was elected the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Radhanpur constituency.
He was the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Environment (All Independent charges) and Urban Development, Government of Gujarat under Anandiben Patel ministry.[1]
In 2015, he was elected unopposed as the chairman of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation, Palanpur (Banas Dairy) ending 24-year reign of Parthi Bhatol.[2] He is also as the Chairman of the Banaskantha District Central Co-operative Bank and Vice-Chairman of The Gujarat State Co-operative Bank and General Secretary of the Gujarat Pradesh Bharatiya Janta Party.
He lost in 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election from Vav against Indian National Congress candidate Geniben Thakor.[3]
He was elected from Tharad constituency in 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election. He was elected as the Speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly on 20 December 2022.[4]
Personal information
Name : Shree Shankarbhai Lagdhirbhai Chaudhary.
At Present : Gen.Secretary, BJP, Gujarat.
Chairman : The Banaskantha Distric Central Co.Op.Bank Ltd, Palanpur.
Vice Chairman : The Gujarat State Co.Op.Bank Ltd, Ahmedabad.
Personal Details :
Date of birth: 01-06-1970
Address : Arbudanagar, Radhanpur Distric - Patan, Gujarat.
Contact : M.No. 9825313199
Education : M.B.A.
Profession : Social Work and Agriculturalist
Contact
Mob:09825313199.
External links
- Home Page
- Live Video
- http://myneta.info/gujarat2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=1509
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Chaudhary
- Shankar Chaudhary named Speaker, Jetha Bharwad to be Deputy Speaker in Gujarat Assembly - The Hindu, 15.12.2022
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References
- ↑ "Gujarat OBC leader Shankar Chaudhary is BJP's pick for speaker". Hindustan Times. 16 December 2022.
- ↑ "Shankarbhai Chaudhary becomes new Chairman of Banas dairy,reduces Ghee price". DeshGujarat. 27 December 2015.
- ↑ Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Heavyweights, MLAs, Ministers Bite The Dust". NDTV. Retrieved
- ↑ "Gujarat OBC leader Shankar Chaudhary is BJP's pick for speaker". Hindustan Times. 16 December 2022.
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