Ganesh Joshi is an Indian politician and currently, a State Cabinet Minister of

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under the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. He is a member of the

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. Joshi is a 4th time member of the

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from the Mussoorie constituency in Dehradun district. Originally from

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, Ganesh Joshi was born in Meerut City in 1958 where his father, Late Shri Shyam Dutt Joshi was posted as a jawan of the

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. Second eldest among five siblings, his childhood was spent in

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and Dehradun. He served in the Indian Army as a soldier from 1976 to 1983.

Political background

Joined Bharatiya Janata Party as a member in 1984 and served different positions as below. *Secretary, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Dehradun City (1985–89) *Vice President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Dehradun City (1989–92) *President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Dehradun City (1994–96) *Mandal prabhari, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morch, Garhwal Mandal (1996–98) *Sec. BJP, Dehradun City (1998-2000) *District Gen. Sec, BJP, Dehradun Mahanagar (2000-2002) *State General Secretary, Local Bodies cell, Uttaranchal *Elected 2007 MLA from Rajpur constituency *Nominated 2009 Chairperson of Housing committee of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly *Elected in 2012 MLA from Mussoorie constituency *Elected in 2017 MLA from Mussoorie constituency *Elected in 2022 MLA from Mussoorie constituency

Political activities

*In 1991 during Ram Janam Bhoomi Movement injured and arrested by police in

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. *During Uttarakhand Movement injured in agitation at DIG Campus, Dehradun on 3 October 1994. *On 16 December 1994 injured and arrested at Police Control Room and was sent to

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Central Jail for 27 days. *Also participated actively in many other agitations and rallies. *On 15 February 2017, Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law

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criticized the BJP for allowing Joshi to run in the 2017 Assembly election having allegedly thrashed and kicked a police horse at a protest in March 2016, injuring its legs which eventually led to its death a month later. BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi arrested
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References

Ganesh Joshi sworn as minister

External links

Ganesh Joshi, MLA, Mussoorie
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand Living people Uttarakhand MLAs 2007–2012 Year of birth missing (living people) Uttarakhand MLAs 2012–2017 Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022 Uttarakhand MLAs 2022–2027 {{Uttarakhand-BJP-politician-stub