J. P. Nadda Explained

Birth Date:1960 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Patna, Bihar, India
Nationality:Indian
Office:28th Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
Term Start:24 June 2024
1Blankname:Chairperson
1Namedata:Jagdeep Dhankhar
Deputy:Nirmala Sitharaman
Predecessor:Piyush Goyal
Office1:25th Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
Primeminister1:Narendra Modi
Predecessor1:Mansukh Mandaviya
Office2:34th Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Primeminister2:Narendra Modi
Predecessor2:Mansukh L. Mandaviya
Primeminister3:Narendra Modi
Predecessor3:Harsh Vardhan
Successor3:Harsh Vardhan
Office4:11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Predecessor4:Amit Shah
Office5:Working President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
President5:Amit Shah
Predecessor5:Jana Krishnamurthy
Successor5:vacant
Office6:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Constituency6:Gujarat
Predecessor6:Parshottam Rupala
Constituency7:Himachal Pradesh
Predecessor7:Viplove Thakur
Successor7:Harsh Mahajan
Office8:Cabinet Minister
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Governor8:
1Blankname8:Chief Minister
1Namedata8:Prem Kumar Dhumal
2Blankname8:Ministry
2Namedata8:Forest, Environment, Science and Technology
Governor9:
1Blankname9:Chief Minister
1Namedata9:Prem Kumar Dhumal
2Blankname9:Ministry
2Namedata9:Health & Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs
Office10:Member of Legislative Assembly
Himachal Pradesh
Constituency10:Bilaspur
Assembly10:Himachal Pradesh Legislature
Predecessor10:Tilak Raj Sharma
Successor10:Bumber Thakur
Constituency11:Bilaspur
Predecessor11:Sada Ram Thakur
Successor11:Tilak Raj Sharma
Birth Name:Jagat Prakash Nadda
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Children:2
Relatives:Jayashree Banerjee (mother-in-law)

Jagat Prakash "J. P." Nadda (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020 and the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat since 2024. A key decision maker of the BJP, he is a close aide to Narendra Modi.[1] He was the BJP's working president from 2019 to 2020.[2] [3] Nadda was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] Nadda is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the third Modi ministry.[5]

Previously, he was an MLA from Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh from 2007 to 2012 and from 1993 to 2003 and Minister of Forest, Environment, Science, and Technology from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from 1998 to 2003 in the Himachal Pradesh Government.[6]

Personal life

Nadda was born on 2 December 1960 in Patna, Bihar in the family of Narain Lall Nadda and Krishna Nadda, with roots in Himachal Pradesh.[7] [8] He belongs to Brahmin community.[9] [10] He has a brother named Jagat Bhushan Nadda.[11]

Nadda was educated at St. Xavier's School, Patna. Thereafter he did his B.A. from Patna College, Patna University and LL.B. from Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. As a child, he represented Bihar in the All India Junior Swimming Championship held at Delhi.

Nadda married Mallika Nadda (née Banerjee) on 11 December 1991, with whom he has two sons.[12] His mother-in-law Jayashree Banerjee was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999.[13] [14]

Political career

Early electoral politics

Nadda was first elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the election of 1993 from Bilaspur. He was re-elected in 1998.

During his first term, he served as the Leader of his party group in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, from 1994 to 1998. He was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs in First Dhumal ministry.[15] Nadda lost his seat in the 2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Nadda was elected for another term in the 2007 elections. After Prem Kumar Dhumal formed a government, he inducted Nadda into his cabinet, as cabinet minister responsible for Forest, Environment, Science and Technology, from 2008 to 2010.

Rise in national politics

Nadda did not seek re-election to the Legislative Assembly in 2012, and instead got elected to Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber from Himachal Pradesh. In 2014, during a cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made Nadda, the Minister of Health.[16]

President of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Nadda was appointed the national working president of the BJP in June 2019. On 20 January 2020, he was elected unanimously as the BJP National President, a role he took from Amit Shah.[17]

In January 2021 in Bardhaman, West Bengal, Nadda started a new scheme Ek Muthi Chaawal Yojana.[18] In September 2022 he got extension to be the party chief till 2024 Lok Sabha polls.[19]

On 4 March 2024, he resigned as member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh.[20] He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat[21] and took oath on 6 April 2024.[22]

Notes and References

  1. News: Dutta . Prabhash K. . JP Nadda gets full command of BJP in a journey that began with ABVP . 20 January 2020 . India Today . 20 January 2020 . en.
  2. News: JP Nadda elected as BJP national working president, Amit Shah to remain party chief. The Indian Express. 17 June 2019. 25 June 2019.
  3. News: जेपी आंदोलन से सुर्खियों में आए थे जेपी नड्डा, बने विश्व की सबसे बड़ी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष . 20 January 2020 . Amar Ujala . 20 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Detailed Profile – Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda – Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India. india.gov.in. 25 May 2022.
  5. News: BJP President JP Nadda gets two ministries, Health and Fertilizers, in PM Modi's new cabinet . The Economic Times . 0013-0389 . 10 June 2024 . 10 June 2024.
  6. News: The Biography of Jagat Prakash (J P) Nadda. 24 May 2014. Bihar Prabha. 24 May 2014.
  7. Web site: Jagat Prakash Nadda, President of the Bharatiya Janta Party . jagatprakashnadda.in . 9 March 2022.
  8. News: Taneja . Nidhi . JP Nadda: Born in Bihar but Himachali by origin, BJP's new president has a challenge in hand . 20 January 2020 . India TV News . 20 January 2020.
  9. Web site: Biography . 2024-07-02 . Jagat Prakash Nadda Official Website . en-US . He was born on 2nd December, 1960 in a Brahmin family to Dr. Narain Lall Nadda and Shrimati Krishna Nadda..
  10. Web site: 28 August 2020 . Silent strategist JP Nadda rises to the helm in BJP, succeeds Amit Shah . 2 July 2024 . . Belonging to a Brahmin family from Himachal Pradesh, .....
  11. News: Jagat Prakash Nadda all set to head BJP . 20 February 2020 . Free Press Journal . 31 May 2019 . en.
  12. Web site: Detailed Profile: Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda. India.gov.in. 25 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528231332/http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2204. 28 May 2014.
  13. News: Arnimesh . Shanker . Himachal setbacks to Delhi rise — how Modi-Shah favourite JP Nadda became BJP chief . 12 December 2020 . ThePrint . 20 January 2020.
  14. Web site: Jagat Prakash Nadda Biography . BJPHaryana.org .
  15. Web site: Jagat Prakash Nadda Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history. www.elections.in. 2 January 2020.
  16. News: Vincent . Pheroze L. . 21 new Ministers inducted into Modi Cabinet . 25 May 2022 . . 9 November 2014 . en-IN.
  17. News: Who is JP Nadda, the new BJP national president?. The Hindu. 20 January 2020. Hebbar. Nistula. 26 August 2020.
  18. News: BJP launches big farmer push in Bengal with Nadda's 'Ek Mutthi Chawal Sangrah' . 29 March 2022 . Tribune . 9 January 2021.
  19. Mishra . Himanshu . 26 September 2022 . No election for BJP national president, JP Nadda to continue as party chief till 2024 Lok Sabha polls . India Today . 14 October 2022.
  20. News: BJP chief JP Nadda resigns as Rajya Sabha member from Himachal . The Times of India . 4 March 2024 . 4 March 2024 . 0971-8257.
  21. News: Kumar . Sharat . Doshi . Brijesh . 20 February 2024 . Sonia Gandhi, BJP's JP Nadda elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha . . 12 April 2024.
  22. News: J.P. Nadda, others take oath as Rajya Sabha members . . PTI . 6 April 2024 . 12 April 2024.