Bulaki Das Kalla

Bulaki Das Kalla (born 4 October 1949) or Dr. B.D. Kalla, is an Indian politician from Bikaner Rajasthan. He is Energy and Public health and Engineering department (PHED) minister in Rajasthan government.

Bulaki Das Kalla
Cabinet Minister of Energy, Public Health & Engineering, Ground Water, Art, Literature, Culture & Archeology
Government of Rajasthan
Assumed office
24 December 2018
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
11 December 2018
ConstituencyBikaner West
Personal details
Born (1949-10-04) 4 October 1949
Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Shivkumari Kalla
Children2 Son & 2 daughters

Family and Education

He had done B.Sc., M.A. (Economics), L.L.B and Ph.D. He is the son of Pushkarna Brahmin Shri Giridhari Lal Kalla and grew up to be one among the famous people of Bikaner. Married to Smt. Shiv Kumari Kalla on 10 February 1971 they have two sons (Ashwani kalla & Pawan Kalla) and two daughters (Radha & Dr. Rajani). He belongs to Pushkarna Brahmin community of Rajasthan.

Career

Dr. B.D. Kalla began his career in 1974 as a lecturer in a B.J.S. Rampuriya College in Bikaner. Then he turned towards politics and served as an MLA from Bikaner city in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly upon winning assembly elections for 5 times i.e. in 1980, 1985, 1990, 1998 and 2003.

Kalla served as the Minister for Secondary Education from 1990 and 2003 and did justice for his position with his previous experience in the education sector. Dr. B.D. Kalla was the Leader of the Opposition party from January 2004 to January 2006, as an active member of Indian National Congress in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He also served as President of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee & Chairman of 4th Finance Commission.

In 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, the Bikaner constituency was split into Bikaner East (Rajasthan Assembly constituency) and Bikaner West (Rajasthan Assembly constituency) after the delimitation of boundaries by the Govt. BD Kalla lost 2008 & 2013 elections to BJP candidate Dr. Gopal Joshi (who is also Dr. Kalla's brother-in-law).[1]

2018 Rajasthan Assembly Elections

In November 2018, INC announced its first list of candidates & Dr. Kalla's name was not in it. His supporters took it offensively which caused political turmoil in Bikaner and Congress leadership took note of it, hence allocating ticket to Dr.Kalla from Bikaner West Constituency.[2][3]

In December 2018, Dr BD Kalla won[4] & become Minister in CM Ashok Gehlot's cabinet.[5] He is one of the three ministers who have studied up to Ph.D., out of a total of 23 ministers in Gehlot's 2018 Cabinet.[6] He is incumbent minister of Energy, Public Health Engineering, Ground Water, Art, Culture & Archeology departments in Rajasthan Government.[7]

References
  1. "Congress' BD Kalla to contest against brother-in-law Gopal Joshi of BJP from Bikaner (West)". Hindustan Times. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  2. "Veteran Ashok Gehlot's tackling of party rebels". Telegraph India. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "We will create a new artificial lake, says BD Kalla". DNA India. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. "Bikaner West Assembly Election Result 2018:Congress BD Kalla wins by 6190 votes". Times Now News. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. "Rajasthan ministers allocated portfolios; Gehlot keeps 9, including home and finance". The Economic Times. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. "PhDs, LLBs, MBAs: Rajasthan Gets Several Highly Qualified MLAs". News18. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. "13 cabinet, 10 ministers of state to take oath in Rajasthan on Monday". Tribune India. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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