Santosh Gangwar

Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1 November 1948) is an Indian politician and the Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India.[1] He is a Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha), former minister of state in Government of India and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date (except 2009-2014). He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha. He faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin. He has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election.

Santosh Gangwar
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment
Assumed office
3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byBandaru Dattatreya
Minister of State for Finance
In office
5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byJayant Sinha
Succeeded byShiv Pratap Shukla
Minister of Textiles
In office
26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byKavuri Samba Siva Rao
Succeeded bySmriti Irani
Member of Parliament
for Bareilly
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byPraveen Singh Aron
In office
1989–2009
Preceded byBegum Abida Ahmed
Succeeded byPraveen Singh Aron
Personal details
Born (1948-11-01) 1 November 1948
Bareilly, United Provinces, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Saubhagya Gangwar
Children2
ResidenceBareilly
Alma mater• Agra University (B.Sc.)
• Rohilkhand University (L.L.B)
As of 22 September, 2006
Source:

Early life

Born on 1 November 1948 in Bareilly, Santosh Kumar Gangwar attended Agra University and the Rohilkhand University in Uttar Pradesh, from where he completed his B Sc and LLB Degrees.[2]

Before joining politics, Gangwar was actively involved in the establishment of the Urban Cooperative Bank in Bareilly and held the position of its chairman since its beginning in the year 1996. In Bareilly, he has been given credit for getting several projects executed for public use such as Chaupla Railway over-bridge, a library, and mini bypass. Married to Saubhagya Gangwar, he is blessed with two children, Apoorv Gangwar and Shruti Gangwar.[3] [2] He suffers from vitiligo.[4]

Career

Gangwar was jailed during the Emergency for guiding a people's movement against the then Government. He 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.

Gangwar was elected for the first time to the 9th Lok Sabha[5] in 1989 from the Bareilly constituency. He represented that constituency continuously until 2009 as a BJP Member of Parliament, which involved six successive terms.

He has held ministerial posts in the Government of India.[3] He was Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas with the additional charge of Parliament Affairs in 13th Lok Sabha. Prior to this, Gangwar was Minister of State of Science and Technology with additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs during October and November 1999

Santosh Gangwar is Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha.

He served in 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.[6]

Gangwar forayed into national politics in the year 1989, when he got elected from Bareilly in the 9th Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket. In 1996, Gangwar became the General Secretary of the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit. Later, he kept on winning from the same constituency and remained an MP in the next six successive terms till 2009. In the 14th Lok Sabha, he was the chief whip of his party, but in the year 2009 elections for 15th Lok Sabha, he had to face defeat by a narrow margin.[2]

In April 2018 Gangwar stirred controversy by saying that "one should not make a big deal" about rape in a country as large as India. The statements followed two incidents where BJP leaders were implicated in violent sexual assault of minors.[7]

27 May 2014 onwards Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Textile; Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; and Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation[8][9]

In May 2019, Gangwar became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour and Employment.[10]

References
  1. http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/profile-meet-the-new-ministers-of-state-for-finance-116070600336_1.html
  2. http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/santosh-kumar-gangwar.html#sthash.1UfzJ0iB.dpuf
  3. http://www.elections.in/government/cabinet-ministers.html
  4. "DRDO team eyes improved vitiligo remedy". Asian Age. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=131
  6. "Aadhaar law will ensure Direct Benefit Transfer reaches genuine beneficiaries: FM Jaitley", Daily News and Analysis, 15 July 2016
  7. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/why-make-a-big-deal-union-ministers-message-on-child-rape-1841027
  8. http://www.ndtv.com/people/minister-of-state-independent-charge-santosh-gangwar-564063
  9. http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=131
  10. "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Begum Abida Ahmed		 Member of Parliament
for Bareilly
1989 – 2009		 Succeeded by
Praveen Singh Aron
Preceded by
Praveen Singh Aron		 Member of Parliament
for Bareilly
2014 – Present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Kavuri Samba Siva Rao		 Minister of Textiles
26 May 2014 – 7 July 2016
Minister of State (Independent Charge)		 Succeeded by
Smriti Irani
Preceded by
Bandaru Dattatreya
Minister of State (Independent Charge)		 Minister of Labour and Employment
3 September 2017 – Present
Minister of State (Independent Charge)		 Incumbent
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