Bhupendra Yadav fourth Rajasthan MP to get berth in PM Narendra Modi ministry

JAIPUR: Rajasthan’s representation in the central government improved on Wednesday with the inclusion of Bhupendra Yadav, a Rajya Sabha member from the state, who was made minister of environment, forest and climate change in the Narendra Modi cabinet.
The 52-year-old two-time member of the Rajya Sabha (2012 and 2018) is known for his organisational skills and his role as a crisis manager.
He becomes the fourth MP from the state to secure a berth in Modi’s team. Other three include Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Union Jal Shakti ministry), Arjun Ram Meghwal (minister of state for heavy industries and public enterprises) and Kailash Choudhary (minister of state for agriculture and family welfare).
Born and brought up in Ajmer, Yadav entered national politics in 2010. Then national president Nitin Gadkari had appointed him as the party’s national secretary. He was known for his contribution in the field of law for the party. Yadav had extensively worked with BJP leader late Arun Jaitely in the Supreme Court, who introduced him to senior leaders.
His fortunes changed forever with his nomination to the Rajya Sabha in 2012 from Rajasthan. The shift in his career from a legal luminary to an election strategist came after his active role in the Rajasthan assembly polls in 2013. From framing campaign strategy to designing a format for the selection of candidates, Yadav showcased his election management skills for the first leaving the central party leaders impressed.
Thereafter, he has been actively working in the party at the central level. He was assigned the task of election in-charge of Gujarat assembly polls in 2017, Bihar assembly elections and Hyderabad municipal polls in 2020. He was also in-charge of the state party-affairs in Rajasthan during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls when the saffron party had recorded a historic win here.
Vasundhara Raje, Satish Poonia congratulate the new Union minister:
BJP state president Satish Poonia said the inclusion of Bhupendra Yadav into the cabinet is a matter of pride for the state. “It will give wings to the development of the state,” said Poonia. Former chief minister Vasundhara Raje congratulated Yadav for taking oath as a cabinet minister.