Narpat Singh Rajvi (born 23 January 1952,
Sikar
Sikar is a city and municipal council in the Sikar district of the state of Rajasthan in India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Sikar district. It is part of the Shekhawati region, which consists of Sikar, Churu and Jhunjhunu.Sik ...
) is a senior
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
politician from the
India
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n state of
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
. He was born to Rajvi Amar Singh, a judge, and Rani Jas Kanwar. He is married to Ratan Kanwar, the daughter of senior Indian politician and former vice-president of India late Shree
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1923 – 15 May 2010) was the 11th vice president of India. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant ...
. They have three children: one daughter, Mumal Rajvi a lawyer by profession, and two sons, Vikramaditya Singh Rajvi who is studying currently in London and Abhimanyu Singh Rajvi, the vice president of BJP Yuva Morcha in Rajasthan, much seen as a political heir to his grandfather.
He was the minister of health in the
government of Rajasthan
The Government of Rajasthan is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Rajasthan, a judiciary and a legislative. Jaipur is the capital of Raja ...
and a
MLA from
Chittorgarh
Chittorgarh (also Chittor or Chittaurgarh) is a major city in Rajasthan state of western India. It lies on the Berach River, a tributary of the Banas, and is the administrative headquarters of Chittorgarh District. It was a major stronghol ...
. In 2008 and 2013 he fought elections from vidyadhar Nagar, in the latest 2013 elections Rajvi defeated the congress candidate by a huge margin of 37,920 votes. He also won the legislative assembly election in 2018.
References
*http://www.rajasthan.gov.in/rajgovt/keypeopleprofile/narpatsinghrajvi.html
Living people
1952 births
People from Sikar district
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan
Rajasthan MLAs 2018–2023
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