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     Whoami Side Hero Username: Whoami Post Number: 2738 Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 68.40.67.41 Rating: N/A |
Mana AP lo is this possible from any party Gehlot, who belongs to the backward 'mali' (gardener) community, is a hard-core organisation man. | ||
| Whoami Side Hero Username: Whoami Post Number: 2728 Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 68.40.67.41 Rating: N/A |
Parledu Congress lo kooda panichese vaadiki opportunity istarannamata (Gehlot, who belongs to the backward 'mali' (gardener) community, is a hard-core organisation man. ) "Born on May 3, 1951, he became chief minister of Rajasthan for the first time in 1998 riding a strong anti-incumbency wave symbolised by the 'onion crisis'. Out of power since 2003, the party had made him the General Secretary at the AICC and gave him charge of Delhi where there was serious dissension sagainst Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit. Gehlot, who belongs to the backward 'mali' (gardener) community, is a hard-core organisation man. Between 1974 and 79, he was President of the Rajasthan unit of NSUI and rose seadily as President of Jodhpur Congress Committee and then General Secretary of the PCC. He became the PCC President thrice in 1985, 1994 and 1997. In 1980, he was elected to Lok Sabha for the first time from Jodhpur and reelected four more times. He became a Union Deputy Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Indira Gandhi's ministry in 1982. After the 1984 elections, he became the Minister of State for Civil Aviation when Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister. Gehlot held independent charge of the Textiles ministry in the P V Narasimha Rao government from 1991. He has been a member of various Parliamentary committees including that of Public Accounts Committee. In the recent Assembly elections, he won from Sadarpura constituency. His supporters say that Gehlot remains a man of good intentions, who retained the common touch and did not not lose contact with the people despite walking the corridors of power in Delhi. " |
