The Bharatiya Janata Party, through the National Democratic Alliance, will return to power for the second consecutive term in 2024, without a clear majority for the first time in 20 years.
Dr. Mansukh L. in the new cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mandaviya was appointed Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs. He has replaced Anurag Thakur in the cabinet.
Mandaviya was the health minister in Modi’s previous cabinet and is also holding the charge of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers from 2021.
Defense Nikhil Khadse was appointed Minister of State for Sports, retaining his Lok Sabha seat for the second consecutive time by winning from Raver constituency in Maharashtra by a margin of over two lakh votes.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will return to power through the National Democratic Alliance in 2024 with 293 seats, without a clear majority for the first time in 20 years.
India’s preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games are almost complete, but it will be interesting to see how it is further strengthened under the leadership of the new Sports Minister.
Who is the New Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya?
Mandaviya has been a BJP worker, rising from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the BJP’s student wing. In 2002, he became the youngest MLA in Gujarat by winning from Palitana constituency.
He was the state secretary of the BJP in Gujarat, and eventually got a Rajya Sabha seat in 2012. Mandaviya holds a master’s degree in political science from Bhavnagar University and also completed his PhD in the same subject from Gujarat Development Research Institute three years ago.
Mandaviya won his seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Porbandar by defeating Lalit Vasoya of Congress by over four lakh votes.
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