Rattan Lal Kataria is an Indian politician from

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

. He served as the Minister of State in the

Ministry of Jal Shakti Ministry of Jal Shakti () is a ministry under Government of India which was formed in May 2019 under the second Modi ministry. This was formed by merging of two ministries; Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation and Mi ...

and

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is a Government of India ministry. It is responsible for welfare, social justice and empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society, including scheduled castes (SC), Other Backwar ...

till 7 July 2021. He is a member of the

16th Lok Sabha Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 M ...

. He got elected to 16th Lok Sabha from

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-area ...

as a candidate of the

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 ...

by 612,121 votes while total vote polled was 1,220,121 by defeating INC candidate Raj Kumar Balmiki. Previously, he was elected to 13th Lok Sabha from

as a candidate of the

. He was born on 19 December 1951, and educated at Kurukshetra University.

Career

In May 2019, Kataria became Minister of State for Jal Shakti and Social Justice and Empowerment. He served as the President of the

Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana (or BJP Haryana) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana. O. P. Dhankar is the current president of the BJP Haryana. Manohar Lal Khattar became the BJP's first Chief Minister of Haryana after hi ...

unit from 2000 to 2003 and during his tenure BJP Haryana unit was start own magazine ''Bhajpa Ki Baat'' in October 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kataria, Rattan Lal India MPs 1999–2004 Living people People from Ambala 1951 births Lok Sabha members from Haryana Kurukshetra University alumni India MPs 2014–2019 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Haryana India MPs 2019–present Narendra Modi ministry