Harsh Mahajan Explained

Harsh Mahajan
Birth Date:12 December 1955
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Constituency:Himachal Pradesh
Termstart:3 April 2024
Predecessor:J. P. Nadda
Office1:Cabinet Minister of Government of Himachal Pradesh
Term1:2003 - 2008
Office2:Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Term2:1993-2008
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Otherparty:Indian National Congress (1986-2022)

Harsh Mahajan (ex- Animal Husbandry minister of Himachal Pradesh), son of a former Vidhan Sabha Speaker and Cabinet Minister Des Raj Mahajan and was born at Chamba on 12 December 1955. Completed schooling from St. Edwards School in 1971. He has a B. Com. and MBA. He studied at Sriram College of Commerce, New Delhi and at Delhi University, New Delhi. He married Uma Singh on 7 June 1983.

He was the President of State Youth Congress from 1986 to 1995.

He got elected to the State Legislative Assembly first in November 1993 and again in 1998 and 2003.[1] He has been the Parliamentary Secretary from 1994 to 1998 and has served as Animal Husbandry Minister (at the Cabinet level). He is also a native speaker of English and Hindi.

On 28 September 2022, Himachal Pradesh state Congress working president and former cabinet minister Harsh Mahajan joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] [3]

On 27 February 2024, Mahajan was elected to the Rajya Sabha, India's upper house of Parliament, from Himachal Pradesh as a BJP candidate against the Congress' Abhishek Singhvi.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://hpvidhansabha.nic.in/members.asp Official Profile of Harsh Mahajan @ hpvidhansabha.nic.in
  2. News: Himachal elections: State Congress working president Harsh Mahajan joins BJP . 30 September 2022 . Hindustan Times . 28 September 2022 . en.
  3. News: Himachal Congress working president Harsh Mahajan joins BJP . 30 September 2022 . The Indian Express . 28 September 2022 . en.
  4. News: The Economic Times . 28 February 2024 . BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan wins lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh . https://web.archive.org/web/20240506162142/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-candidate-harsh-mahajan-wins-lone-rajya-sabha-seat-from-himachal-pradesh/articleshow/108049117.cms . 6 May 2024 . 6 May 2024.