Bhagwat Karad
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra. He was the Mayor of Aurangabad twice.[1][2][3] He is an organisational person of the Bharatiya Janata Party of Maharashtra from Aurangabad.
Bhagwat Karad | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2021 Serving with Pankaj Choudhary | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Preceded by | Anurag Thakur |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office April 2020 | |
| Constituency | Maharashtra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 July 1956 Chikhali, Latur district, Maharashtra |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Anjali |
| Education | MBBS M.S. (Gen. Surgery) M.Ch. (Pediatric Surgery) F.C.P.S. (Gen. Surgery) |
| Alma mater | College of Physicians & Surgeons of Mumbai, Mumbai University Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University |
| Profession | surgeon |
He became Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in the reshuffle of PM Modi's cabinet in the second term.[4]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Sharad Pawar, Ramdas Athawale, Udayanraje Bhosale among seven elected to Rajya Sabha". Pune Mirror. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ↑ "BJP leader's hospital pelted with stones in Aurangabad". Mumbai Mirror. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "Maharashtra Rajya Sabha polls: BJP nominates Karad; Sena's Chaturvedi in fray". The Times of India. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ "Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got". The Economic Times. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.