15 Facts About Pralhad Joshi

Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi was born on 27 November 1962 and is an Indian politician who is the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the Minister of New and Renewable Energy since 2024.

Pralhad Joshi was the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, the Minister of Coal and the Minister of Mines from 2019 to 2024.

Pralhad Joshi was the State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka from 2014 to 2016.

Pralhad Joshi served in the panel of chairpersons of the Lok Sabha.

Pralhad Joshi has been elected to Lok Sabha in the general elections of 2004,2009,2014, and 2019.

Pralhad Joshi was born on 27 November 1962 in Bijapur, Mysore State, India, to father, Venkatesh Joshi, and mother, Malatibai Joshi.

Pralhad Joshi's father was an Indian Railways employee and Joshi is the third of his parents.

Pralhad Joshi has been member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from a young age and he attended the RSS' training camps.

An industrialist by vocation in his early days, Pralhad Joshi ingratiated himself into the political fray by organising a movement to hoist the Tri-colour flag at Idagah Maidan Hubli Karnataka from 1992 to 1994.

Pralhad Joshi led the "Save Kashmir Movement" during those years, which established him as a known figure in those regions of the state.

Pralhad Joshi was then elected the president of Bharatiya Janata Party in Dharwad district.

Pralhad Joshi took oath as a Cabinet minister on 30 May 2019, and he was appointed the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, the Minister of Coal and the Minister of Mines.

Pralhad Joshi's win, for the fifth time in a row, from the Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency was a record of consecutive wins by any candidate in the constituency; however Pralhad Joshi stated that he was unhappy due to winning with a reduced vote margin.

Pralhad Joshi is married to Jyoti Pralhad Joshi and they have three daughters.

Pralhad Joshi has been reported to be a reader and has interests in Indian classical music and cricket.