YOUTH PARLIAMENT OF INDIA 2018

Vijay Rupani

Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani is a leader for both, party and people.

A popular leader, Shri Rupani ji has rose from grass-roots to the Chief Minister of Gujarat with sheer hard-work and dedication towards social works.

He is serving as the Chief Minister of Gujarat and represents Rajkot West constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly as the Member of Legislative Assembly.

Sant Bhagwan Param Pujya Sahebji

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Priyanka Chaturvedi

Priyanka Chaturvedi works for children’s education, women empowerment and health.

She is a trustee of a NGO which runs schools for under-privileged children.

She was a part of ISB’s 10,000 Women programme, a scholarship programme by Goldman Sachs for women entrepreneurs.

She was selected to be part of a delegation of young political leaders chosen by the UK High Commission and CPA UK to visit London to understand their democracy better.

Pradipsinh Jadeja

Shri Pradeepsinh Jadeja is Minister of State Home, Energy, Legislative and Parliamentary affairs, Law and Justice (State Minister) Police Housing, Border Security, Civil Defence, Gram Rakshak Dal, Jail, Prohibition Excise, Co-ordination of voluntary organizations, Non-resident Gujaratis Division,
Protocol (All Independent Charge), Government of Gujarat.

Pawan Khera

Pawan Khera is a Political Strategist and Commentator. Previously he has worked as Political Secretary and Officer-on-Special Duty to the Chief Minister of Delhi.

Parshottam Rupala

Hon'ble Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Govt. of India

Shri Parshottambhai Rupala is serving as Minister of State for Panchayati Raj and Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare in Government of India.

He is elected as Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha).

Nitinbhai Patel

Shri Nitinbhai Patel is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat State.

He holds the charge of Finance, Roads and Building, Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Narmada, Kalpasar, Capital Project.

He is elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Mehsana.

Nilesh Sharma

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Meenakshi Lekhi

An eminent Supreme Court lawyer, Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi is serving as Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) since June 2014.

She is also the National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).

She has been part of the Drafting Committees for Bills like “Women Reservation Bill” and has also played an active role in the drafting of the Criminal Law(Amendment) Bill, 2013

Mansukh Mandaviya

Shri Mansukh Mandaviya is serving as Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shipping and Road Transport & Highways in the Union Government.

He is a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Gujarat.

Before assuming national duties, Shri Mandaviya was an active MLA in Gujarat. He holds the record of being elected as the youngest Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

Km. Meenakshi Natrajan

Km. Meenakshi Natrajan is a former Member of Parliament from Mandsour Lok Sabha constituency.

She also served as the National President of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) from 1999-2002 and President, Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress from 2002-2005.

Jitubhai Vaghani

Shri Jitubhai Vaghani is the State President of BJP Gujarat. And as Member of Legislative Assembly, he represents Bhavnagar West constituency in Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

Previously he has served as Gujarat BJP State Secretary and Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha (BJYM) State President, Gujarat.

Hari Om Gandhi

Dr. Tejas Patel

Dr. Tejas Patel is an internationally acclaimed cardiologist in India. He was awarded Padma Shri by the President of India and also is the recipient of the prestigious Dr. B.C. Roy National Award in Interventional Cardiology.

Dr. Subramanian Swamy

Eminent Economist, Statistician and Politician, Dr. Swamy holds Ph.D. in Economics and had served as Member of the erstwhile Planning Commission of India.

In 2016, he was nominated as a Member of Parliament (RS).

DR. SATYANARAYAN ‘SAM’ PITRODA

Dr. Sambit Patra

A Surgeon by profession, Dr. Sambit Patra holds his Master of Surgery (MS) in General Surgery and has previously served as a Medical Officer at Hindu Rao Hospital.

Dr. Patra is designated as the National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janta Party. He also sits on the Board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) as an Independent Director.

He represents the state of Odisha in the Central Committee of BJP chaired by National President Shri Amit Shah.

DR. KIRAN BEDI, IPS (RETD.)

Dr. Kiran Bedi, was the first woman Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. She served for 35 years in the police force before retiring as Director General, Bureau of Police Research and Development, Government of India.

She is recipient of The Ramon Magsaysay Award, also called Asia’s Nobel Peace Award for bringing about a positive relationship between Police and the People.

She assumed office as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry on May 29, 2016.

Dr. Hitesh Bajpai

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Dr. Anil Kumar Jain

Anil Kumar Jain is an Indian Surgeon and Political Leader.

He is the National General Secretary of BJP and also in charge of BJP’s Haryana and Chhattisgarh units.

He is patron of Integrated Talent Development Mission (ITDM) He was elected to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, from Uttar Pradesh on 23 March 2018

Dr. (Prof.) Kiritbhai Solanki

Kirit Premjibhai Solanki is an Indian Politician and medical practitioner (laparoscopic surgeon) who has been elected Member of Parliament of India for three consecutive terms (15th, 16th and 17th Lok Sabha). He represents the Ahmedabad West constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. Currently, he has been appointed as the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. He is also part of the panel of chairpersons who preside over the House in the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. He is one of the most active members in the parliament and had nearly 100% attendance in the 15th and 16th Lok Sabha. He has been awarded the Shreshth Sansad Award consecutively twice in 2018 and 2019 for his active work in the parliament and constituency.

Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, AVSM is an Indian politician, Olympic medallist, former shooting athlete and retired Indian Army officer. Rathore is a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Jaipur Rural seat. He served as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in the Government of India till May 2019.

He won 25 international medals at various championships for Double Trap Shooting including a silver medal at 2004 Summer Olympics in Men's Double Trap event.

Rathore served as a commissioned officer in The Grenadiers regiment of the Indian Army before retiring in 2013 as a colonel. Following his retirement from the army and shooting, he became the member of the parliament for the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014.

In November 2014, was made the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. Rathore was appointed as a Cabinet minister with independent charge for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in 2017.

Brajesh Kumar Singh

Channel Head/Editor, Zee Hindustan, 24 Hrs Hindi TV News Channel.

Before joining ZMCL, served as Executive Editor - ABP Asmita, 24 Hrs Gujarati TV Channel of ABP News Network. Also functioned as Editor-National Affairs for ABP News Network in Delhi.

Prior to this lead Gujarat news operations of 3 leading TV news channels of India, Zee News, Aaj Tak and ABP News, between 1999 to 2014.

Tracked Narendra Modi since Day One of his Chief Ministership in 2001 to his victory in 2014 LS Elections. Interviewed him several times during this period.
As Editor-National Affairs, ABP News Network (2014-15) covered the PMO, all major national-international developments and more than half a dozen overseas tours of PM Narendra Modi, including his first overseas tour to Bhutan and much celebrated visit to USA in 2014.
Over 25 years experience in media, mostly broadcast media.
Covered various national news assignments including State and Parliamentary elections.
Covered major news events including natural disasters, riots and terror attacks.

Amit Shah

Amit Anilchandra Shah is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs and the first Minister of Co-operation of India. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance since 2014.

Amit Malviya

Amit Malviya is the national convener of the IT cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Akhilesh Pratap Singh

Akhilesh Pratap Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He represented the Rudrapur constituency of Uttar Pradesh until 2017 and is a member and spokesperson for the Indian National Congress party.