New Delhi, BJP President J.P. Nadda took charge of the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers on Tuesday.
BJP leader Mansukh Mandaviya was the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the previous government.
On Monday, a day after taking oath as a Cabinet minister, Nadda was allotted the Health Ministry as well as the Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry.
Before taking charge as working president of the BJP in 2019, he held the health portfolio during the first term of the Modi government and became full party president in January 2020 following the appointment of Amit Shah as Union Home Minister.
Nadda's tenure as BJP president ended in January and he was given a six-month extension to oversee the Lok Sabha 2024 elections. His tenure is ending in June.
The 63-year-old BJP leader, who holds a law degree, started his political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He became the president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, in 1991.
He held various key positions in the BJP and led its election campaigns in several states. He also served as a minister in BJP governments in his home state Himachal Pradesh.
Nadda was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012 and was made a member of the BJP's parliamentary board in 2014 when Amit Shah took over as party president.
BJP leader Mansukh Mandaviya was the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the previous government.
On Monday, a day after taking oath as a Cabinet minister, Nadda was allotted the Health Ministry as well as the Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry.
Before taking charge as working president of the BJP in 2019, he held the health portfolio during the first term of the Modi government and became full party president in January 2020 following the appointment of Amit Shah as Union Home Minister.
Nadda's tenure as BJP president ended in January and he was given a six-month extension to oversee the Lok Sabha 2024 elections. His tenure is ending in June.
The 63-year-old BJP leader, who holds a law degree, started his political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He became the president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, in 1991.
He held various key positions in the BJP and led its election campaigns in several states. He also served as a minister in BJP governments in his home state Himachal Pradesh.
Nadda was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2012 and was made a member of the BJP's parliamentary board in 2014 when Amit Shah took over as party president.
