Santosh Kumar Gangwar was born on 1 November 1948 and is an Indian politician and the former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India.
20 Facts About Santosh Gangwar
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Santosh Gangwar is a Member of Parliament, former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Santosh Gangwar has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date.
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Santosh Gangwar was the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha.
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Santosh Gangwar faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin.
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Santosh Gangwar has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha.
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Santosh Gangwar won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election.
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Santosh Gangwar resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.
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Santosh Gangwar is currently the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings.
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Santosh Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government.
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Santosh Gangwar served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh State BJP Working Committee and held the position of General Secretary of the Uttar Pradesh BJP Unit in 1996.
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Santosh Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 from the Bareilly constituency.
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Santosh Gangwar represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a BJP Member of Parliament, which involved six successive terms.
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Santosh Gangwar has held ministerial posts in the Government of India.
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Santosh Gangwar was Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with the additional charge of Parliament Affairs in 13th Lok Sabha.
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Santosh Gangwar is a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha.
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Santosh Gangwar served as Minister of State for Textiles from 26 May 2014 to 5 July 2016, after which he was sworn in as Minister of State for Finance.
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Santosh Gangwar forayed into national politics in the year 1989, when he got elected from Bareilly in the 9th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket.
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In 1996, Santosh Gangwar became the General Secretary of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit.
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In May 2019, Santosh Gangwar became the Minister of State for Labour and Employment.