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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;Family and Education: &lt;/span&gt; Text that sounded like self-promotion removed, grammatical and punctuation mistakes corrected.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| birth_date      =  {{birth date and age|1949|10|4|df=y}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| birth_date      =  {{birth date and age|1949|10|4|df=y}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| birth_place     = [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| birth_place     = [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| office = Cabinet Minister of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Energy, Public Health &amp;amp; Engineering, Ground Water&lt;/del&gt;, Art, Literature, Culture &amp;amp; Archeology&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Government of Rajasthan]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| office = Cabinet Minister of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Education (Primary and Secondary)&lt;/ins&gt;,Art,Literature, Culture &amp;amp; Archeology&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Government of Rajasthan]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| termstart = &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;24 December 2018&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| termstart = &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;22  November   2021&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| office2 = Member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| office2 = Member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Bulaki Das Kalla&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 4 October 1949) or Dr. B.D. Kalla, is an &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[India]]n &lt;/del&gt;politician from Bikaner [[Rajasthan]]. He is &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Energy &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Public]] health &lt;/del&gt;and &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Engineering department (PHED) &lt;/del&gt;[[Minister (government)|minister]] in [[Rajasthan government]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Bulaki Das Kalla&#039;&#039;&#039; (born 4 October 1949) or Dr. B.D. Kalla, is an &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Indian &lt;/ins&gt;politician from Bikaner [[Rajasthan]]. He is &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Education(primary &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;secondary), sanskrit education,arts, literature &lt;/ins&gt;and &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;culture &amp;amp; ASI &lt;/ins&gt;[[Minister (government)|minister]] in [[Rajasthan government]].&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/rajasthan/story/rajasthan-minister-portfolio-allocation-ashok-gehlot-cabinet-minister-list-2021-ntc-1361086-2021-11-22|title = Rajasthan Cabinet Minister list 2021: गहलोत मंत्रिमंडल में विभागों का बंटवारा, यहां देखें पूरी लिस्‍ट}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Family and Education ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Family and Education ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;had &lt;/del&gt;done B.Sc., M.A. (Economics), L.L.B and Ph.D. He is the son of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pushkarna Brahmin Shri &lt;/del&gt;Giridhari Lal Kalla &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and grew up to be one among the famous people of [[Bikaner]]&lt;/del&gt;. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Married &lt;/del&gt;to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Smt. &lt;/del&gt;Shiv Kumari Kalla on 10 February 1971 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;they &lt;/del&gt;have two sons (Ashwani &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;kalla &amp;amp; &lt;/del&gt;Pawan Kalla) and two daughters (Radha &amp;amp; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dr. &lt;/del&gt;Rajani)&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. He belongs to Pushkarna Brahmin community of Rajasthan&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;has &lt;/ins&gt;done B.Sc., M.A. (Economics), L.L.B and Ph.D. He is the son of Giridhari Lal Kalla. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;He got married &lt;/ins&gt;to Shiv Kumari Kalla on 10 February 1971&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. They &lt;/ins&gt;have two sons (Ashwani &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kalla and &lt;/ins&gt;Pawan Kalla) and two daughters (Radha &amp;amp; Rajani).  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Career ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Career ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kalla served as the Minister for Secondary Education from 1990 and 2003 and did justice for his position with his previous experience in the education sector. Dr. B.D. Kalla was the [[Leader of the Opposition]] party from January 2004 to January 2006, as an active member of [[Indian National Congress]] in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He also served as President of [[Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee]] &amp;amp; Chairman of 4th Finance Commission.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kalla served as the Minister for Secondary Education from 1990 and 2003 and did justice for his position with his previous experience in the education sector. Dr. B.D. Kalla was the [[Leader of the Opposition]] party from January 2004 to January 2006, as an active member of [[Indian National Congress]] in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He also served as President of [[Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee]] &amp;amp; Chairman of 4th Finance Commission.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, the Bikaner constituency was split into [[Bikaner East (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)]] and [[Bikaner West (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)]] after the delimitation of boundaries by the Govt. BD Kalla lost 2008 &amp;amp; 2013 elections to BJP candidate Dr. Gopal Joshi (who is also Dr. Kalla&#039;s brother-in-law).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Congress’ &lt;/del&gt;BD Kalla to contest against brother-in-law Gopal Joshi of BJP from Bikaner (West) |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/rajasthan-elections/congress-bd-kalla-to-contest-against-brother-in-law-gopal-joshi-of-bjp-from-bikaner-west/story-eBg6hIrtU6kP1j0dHTPmNN.html |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |date=19 November 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, the Bikaner constituency was split into [[Bikaner East (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)]] and [[Bikaner West (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)]] after the delimitation of boundaries by the Govt. BD Kalla lost 2008 &amp;amp; 2013 elections to BJP candidate Dr. Gopal Joshi (who is also Dr. Kalla&#039;s brother-in-law).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Congress&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;BD Kalla to contest against brother-in-law Gopal Joshi of BJP from Bikaner (West) |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/rajasthan-elections/congress-bd-kalla-to-contest-against-brother-in-law-gopal-joshi-of-bjp-from-bikaner-west/story-eBg6hIrtU6kP1j0dHTPmNN.html |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |date=19 November 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== 2018 Rajasthan Assembly Elections ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== 2018 Rajasthan Assembly Elections ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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{{Infobox officeholder&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Bulaki Das Kalla&lt;br /&gt;
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| birth_date      =  {{birth date and age|1949|10|4|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place     = [[Bikaner]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| office = Cabinet Minister of Energy, Public Health &amp;amp; Engineering, Ground Water, Art, Literature, Culture &amp;amp; Archeology&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;[[Government of Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| termstart = 24 December 2018&lt;br /&gt;
| office2 = Member of the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
| termstart2 = 11 December 2018&lt;br /&gt;
| constituency2 = [[Bikaner]] West&lt;br /&gt;
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| nationality     = Indian&lt;br /&gt;
| party           = [[Indian National Congress]]&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse          = Shivkumari Kalla&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bulaki Das Kalla&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (born 4 October 1949) or Dr. B.D. Kalla, is an [[India]]n politician from Bikaner [[Rajasthan]]. He is Energy and [[Public]] health and Engineering department (PHED) [[Minister (government)|minister]] in [[Rajasthan government]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Family and Education ==&lt;br /&gt;
He had done B.Sc., M.A. (Economics), L.L.B and Ph.D. He is the son of Pushkarna Brahmin Shri Giridhari Lal Kalla and grew up to be one among the famous people of [[Bikaner]]. Married to Smt. Shiv Kumari Kalla on 10 February 1971 they have two sons (Ashwani kalla &amp;amp; Pawan Kalla) and two daughters (Radha &amp;amp; Dr. Rajani). He belongs to Pushkarna Brahmin community of Rajasthan.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Career ==&lt;br /&gt;
Dr. B.D. Kalla began his career in 1974 as a lecturer in a B.J.S. Rampuriya College in Bikaner. Then he turned towards politics and served as an MLA from [[Bikaner]] city in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly upon winning assembly elections for 5 times i.e. in 1980, 1985, 1990, 1998 and 2003.&lt;br /&gt;
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Kalla served as the Minister for Secondary Education from 1990 and 2003 and did justice for his position with his previous experience in the education sector. Dr. B.D. Kalla was the [[Leader of the Opposition]] party from January 2004 to January 2006, as an active member of [[Indian National Congress]] in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He also served as President of [[Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee]] &amp;amp; Chairman of 4th Finance Commission.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, the Bikaner constituency was split into [[Bikaner East (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)]] and [[Bikaner West (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)]] after the delimitation of boundaries by the Govt. BD Kalla lost 2008 &amp;amp; 2013 elections to BJP candidate Dr. Gopal Joshi (who is also Dr. Kalla&amp;#039;s brother-in-law).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Congress’ BD Kalla to contest against brother-in-law Gopal Joshi of BJP from Bikaner (West) |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/rajasthan-elections/congress-bd-kalla-to-contest-against-brother-in-law-gopal-joshi-of-bjp-from-bikaner-west/story-eBg6hIrtU6kP1j0dHTPmNN.html |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |date=19 November 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== 2018 Rajasthan Assembly Elections ==&lt;br /&gt;
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In November 2018, INC announced its first list of candidates &amp;amp; Dr. Kalla&amp;#039;s name was not in it. His supporters took it offensively which caused political turmoil in Bikaner and Congress leadership took note of it, hence allocating ticket to Dr.Kalla from Bikaner West Constituency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Veteran Ashok Gehlot&amp;#039;s tackling of party rebels |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/ashok-gehlot-guile-vies-with-peecee-glamour/cid/1677307 |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=Telegraph India |date=2 Dec 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=We will create a new artificial lake, says BD Kalla |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/jaipur/interview-dna-debate-we-will-create-a-new-artificial-lake-says-bd-kalla-2692407 |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=DNA India |date=5 December 2018 |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In December 2018, Dr BD Kalla won&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Bikaner West Assembly Election Result 2018:Congress BD Kalla wins by 6190 votes |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/rajasthan-election/article/bikaner-west-assembly-constituency-election-2018-polls-rajasthan-vasundhara-raje-bharatiya-janata-party-bjp-congress-sachin-pilot-gopal-joshi-bd-kalla/319452 |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=Times Now News |date=11 Dec 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;amp; become Minister in CM [[Ashok Gehlot]]&amp;#039;s cabinet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Rajasthan ministers allocated portfolios; Gehlot keeps 9, including home and finance |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/rajasthan-ministers-allocated-portfolios-gehlot-keeps-9-including-home-and-finance/articleshow/67267630.cms |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=The Economic Times |date=27 December 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is one of the three ministers who have studied up to Ph.D., out of a total of 23 ministers in Gehlot&amp;#039;s 2018 Cabinet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=PhDs, LLBs, MBAs: Rajasthan Gets Several Highly Qualified MLAs |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/phds-llbs-mbas-rajasthan-gets-several-highly-qualified-mlas-1983311.html |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=News18 |date=25 Dec 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is incumbent minister of Energy, Public Health Engineering, Ground Water, Art, Culture &amp;amp; Archeology departments in Rajasthan Government.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=13 cabinet, 10 ministers of state to take oath in Rajasthan on Monday&lt;br /&gt;
 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/13-cabinet-10-ministers-of-state-to-take-oath-in-rajasthan-on-monday/703000.html |accessdate=28 December 2018 |work=Tribune India |date=23 Dec 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081212010346/http://www.jeetegakaun.in/rajasthan_elections_2008/thread.php?id=8644 Profile]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140517065909/http://drbdkalla.org/ Personal website]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Leaders of the Opposition in Rajasthan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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