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Ashok Katariya

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Ashok Katariya
Minister of Transport
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 – 28 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded bySwatantra Dev Singh
Succeeded byDaya Shankar Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Assumed office
6 May 2018
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Personal details
Born (1972-12-18) 18 December 1972 (age 51)
Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Children1 son and 1 daughter
ProfessionPolitician
Websitewww.ashokkatariya.info

[1]Ashok Katariya is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh and member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and he has served as Transport Minister with Independent Charge and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of Uttar Pradesh till March 2022.[2][3]

Early life

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Katariya was born in a small village Heempur Prithya of Bijnor -Uttar Pradesh. He belongs to a farmer family. His father is Mr. Rumaal Singh (currently elected as the Gram Pradhan of Heempur Village 2021). He hails from a Gurjar family. He completed his primary education in his village.[4]

Education

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Ashok Katariya holds a post-graduate degree in political science from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly.

Political career

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He was from the start a notable leader of Gurjar community.[5][6] Katariya's political journey began with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. Katariya was the organisational secretary of ABVP Moradabad Vibhag in 1994. In 1996, he was given responsibilities of Meerut Vibhag after that State secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 2001. In 2004, Katariya was selected as President of BJYM Uttar Pradesh. In 2007 he was selected State secretary of BJP U.P. and served for consecutive terms till 2013. In 2013 he was given the responsibility of State vice president of BJP U.P. During the 2014 General elections, he was appointed Star campaigner of BJP in U.P. In 2016 he was given responsibility of General Secretary of BJP U.P. till 2020.[7]

He has been appointed Transport Minister of State (Independent Charge) & Parliamentary Affairs Minister of State in Yogi Adityanath ministry on 21 August 2019.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "परिवहन मंत्री अशोक कटारिया पहुंचे तो मरीज को मिली ऑक्सीजन". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ "अशोक कटारिया-परिवहन मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार), संसदीय कार्य राज्यमंत्री उ.प्र. सरकार एवम प्रदेश महामंत्री, भाजपा उ.प्र., Ashok Katariya, Transport Minister (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs Minister of State, Govt. of UP & BJP General Secretary - UP". www.ashokkatariya.info. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ "अशोक कटारिया के जरिए गुर्जरों को साधने की कोशिश". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  4. ^ "UP के परिवहन मंत्री अशोक कटारिया (Ashok Katariya) की मेहनत और त्याग ने उन्हें पहुँचाया यहॉ तक ! - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ^ "कटारिया के सहारे वेस्ट यूपी में गुर्जर राजनीति साधने की कवायद". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  6. ^ "अशोक कटारिया को मंत्री बनाकर साधी गुर्जर सियासत". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  7. ^ "अशोक कटारिया-परिवहन मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार), संसदीय कार्य राज्यमंत्री उ.प्र. सरकार एवम प्रदेश महामंत्री, भाजपा उ.प्र., Ashok Katariya , Transport Minister (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs Minister of State, Govt. of UP & BJP General Secretary - UP". www.ashokkatariya.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  8. ^ "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18.

https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut-city-up-panchayat-chunav-father-of-transport-minister-ashok-kataria-became-head-of-village-unopposed-in-bijnor-21542493.html

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