Rajendra Rathore | |
Office1: | Leader of the Opposition, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 2 April 2023 |
Term End1: | 3 December 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Gulab Chand Kataria |
Successor1: | Tika Ram Jully |
Office2: | Member of Legislative Assembly, Rajasthan |
Term Start2: | 1990 |
Term End2: | 2023 |
Predecessor2: | Hamida Begum |
Successor2: | Harlal Saharan |
Constituency2: | Churu |
Office3: | Minister of State Government of Rajasthan |
Term Start3: | 1993 |
Term End3: | 1994 |
Office4: | Minister of PWD Government of Rajasthan |
Term Start4: | 2003 |
Term End4: | 2008 |
Successor4: | Bharat Singh, INC |
Office5: | Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Government of Rajasthan |
Term Start5: | 2003 |
Term End5: | 2008 |
Successor5: | Shanti Kumar Dhariwal, INC |
Office6: | Minister of Health & Family Welfare Government of Rajasthan |
Term Start6: | 2013 |
Term End6: | 2016 |
Successor6: | Kali Charan Saraf, BJP |
Office7: | Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Government of Rajasthan |
Term Start7: | 2016 |
Term End7: | 2018 |
Successor7: | Sachin Pilot, INC |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1955 |
Birth Place: | Harpalsar, Rajasthan, India |
Spouse: | Chand Kanwar |
Children: | 1 |
Alma Mater: | University of Rajasthan |
Occupation: | Politician |
Residence: | 54 Geeta Path, Suraj Nagar West, Civil Lines, Jaipur 302006 |
Succeeded1: | TBD |
Rajendra Rathore (born 21 April 1955) is an Indian politician who served as leader of opposition in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He is a former Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Churu.[1] He lost 2023 Rajasthan Assembly Elections to senior Jat leader Narendra Budhania of Congress party from Taranagar constituency.[2] [3]
Rathore was born on 21 April 1955 in Harpalsar village, Sardarshahar, District Churu, Rajasthan. He was born to Uttam Singh Rathore, an RAS officer. He was schooled in Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, and then obtained his M.A. in 1980, D.L.L. in 1978, L.L.B. in 1977 at Rajasthan University, Jaipur. He was elected as the president of the Student Union at Rajasthan University in 1979.
He married Chand Kanwar, on 23 February 1978. The couple has a son, Parakram Singh Rathore.
Rajendra Rathore has been a prominent face of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan, for past 3 decades. He has emerged from numerous crises and has a strong grip on Rajput voters in the state; he enjoys huge popularity in Churu, Rajasthan. For over a decade and a half, Rathore along with the late Dr. Digamber Singh dominated the party in the state, while batting for Vasundhara Raje’s leadership in the state. After, Digamber Singh’s death in 2017, Rathore distanced himself from Raje. And post the 2018 Rajasthan election has appeared as a viable party leader for the state - heading into the 2023 assembly elections.
Assembly | Tenure | Constituency | Party | |
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9th | 1990 - 1993 | |||
10th | 1993 - 1998 | |||
11th | 1998 - 2003 | |||
12th | 2003 - 2008 | |||
13th | 2008 - 2013 | Taranagar | ||
14th | 2013 - 2018 | |||
15th | 2018 - 2023 | |||
SI No. | Post | Department or Ministry | Tenure |
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1. | Deputy Chief Whip | 1991 - 1993 | |
2. | Minister of State | Medical and Health, Medical Services (ESI). | 1993 - 1998 |
3. | Cabinet Minister | Public Works Department and Parliamentary Affairs. | 2003 - 2008 |
4. | Cabinet Minister | Medical and Health Services (ESI), Medical Education, Ayurveda & Indian Medical Methods. | 2013 - 2016 |
5. | Cabinet Minister | Rural Development & Panchayati raj and Parliamentary Affairs, Election. | 2016 - 2018 |
6. | Deputy Leader of the Opposition | 2019 - 2023 | |
7. | Leader of the Opposition | 2023 | |
2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/crisis-ploy-to-buy-power-from-pvt-firms-rathore/articleshow/91192983.cms. The Times of India 30 April 2022
4. https://www.abplive.com/states/rajasthan/rajasthan-bjp-leader-rajendra-rathore-object-congress-mlas-being-made-board-president-2060307. ABP Live 12 Feb 2022
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v0qWTkOWgc. Zee Rajasthan 13 Dec 2021