Ramcharan Bohra (born 1 July 1956) is an Indian politician who has been representing the

Jaipur Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...

constituency of Rajasthan in the

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since

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. He belongs to the

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. In 1995, Bohra was elected as zilla parishad of the Jaipur district. In 2014, he was elected to the Lok Sabha by defeating Mahesh Joshi of the

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party. Since then, he has been a member of various parliamentary committees.

Early life

Bohra was born 1 July 1956 at

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 ...

to a brahmin Mothilall and Shanti Devi Bohra. He has studied until higher secondary.

Political career

Early political career

In 1983, Bohra joined the

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. Between 1995 and 2000, he served as zilla pramukh of Jaipur district.

16th Lok Sabha

On 17 May 2014, Bohra was elected to the

as a candidate of the

from Jaipur constituency after defeating Mahesh Joshi of the

, his nearest rival by a margin of approximately 539,000 votes. His win was credited to the erstwhile

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wave and the factionalism within the Congress party. He won by the largest margin in the state of

in the

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. After getting elected, he completed all the formalities to nominate

as a potential Smart City. He started meeting citizens at his house to remove their grievances. He utilised from his

MPLADS ''Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme'' (MPLADS) is a scheme formulated by Government of India on 23 December 1993 that enables the members of parliaments (MP) to recommend developmental work in their constituencies with an emphas ...

fund to buy an Auto Hooper car and jetting machine to improve the city's garbage collection system. Funds were also utilised to build public toilets and bus stands in his city. In order to reduce pollution, he made the government approve a water pollution prevention plant. During Bohra's first stint in the parliament, he served as a member of a standing committee on urban development and of standing committee on tourism, transport and culture. He was also a member of the consultative committee for the ministry of railways. Bohra asked 312 questions and participated in 110 debates in the Lok Sabha.

17th Lok Sabha

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, the party renominated Bohra for the upcoming election. He won for the second time on 23 May, and defeated his nearest rival, Jyoti Khandelwal of the Congress party by a margin of 430,626 votes.

Personal life

On 9 March 1974, Bohra married Lalita Bohra. They have two sons.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bohra, Ramcharan Living people India MPs 2014–2019 Politicians from Jaipur Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan 1956 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan India MPs 2019–present