Jaswant Singh Bishnoi (born 1 August 1958) was a member of

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and

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from

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. He is senior leader of

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Early life

He was born in the village Guda Vishnoiyan in

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and was educated at

Jai Narain Vyas University Jai Narain Vyas University (JNVU, formerly known as University of Jodhpur) is an educational institution in Jodhpur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Established in 1962, the university took over the four colleges of Jodhpur run by the sta ...

at Jodhpur.

Political life

He is senior leader of

. He lost to Ashok Gehlot in the 1998 by narrow margin in

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election but won 1999 and 2004 Lok Sabha elections. In 2009 he lost to

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in Lok Sabha election. He is a former minister of Government of Rajasthan during

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's government. He defeated Ramsingh Bishnoi in the 1993 MLA election from Luni constituency and held Minister of State, Environment and Forests, Lottery, Small Savings, State Insurance, Public Health and Engineering Department in Government of Rajasthan under Chief Ministership of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Since August 2014 he has been

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of the Central Wool Development Board. In May 2018 he became chairman of Khadi Gramodhyog board of Rajasthan and after a few days was declared cabinet minister of Rajasthan government by Governor of Rajasthan Shri Kalyan Singh.

References

Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan Living people India MPs 2004–2009 1958 births People from Jodhpur district India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan {{Rajasthan-BJP-politician-stub