Who are the Ministers retiring from Rajya Sabha this year?
Popularly known as the ‘Ujjwala Man’, dharmendra pradhan has held multiple portfolios in the Modi government, including as the longest-serving minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It’s during his tenure in the ministry that the central government launched the popular Ujjwala scheme to empower women by providing them gas connections and cylinder subsidy.
An ABVP activist, Pradhan has held multiple roles within the bjp organisation. He was elected to the lok sabha in 2004 from Deoghar in Jharkhand. He has also been elected to the rajya sabha for two terms from bihar and Madhya Pradesh. He has been a member of the rajya sabha since 2012. Pradhan, an Odia leader, has already announced that he will be contesting the upcoming lok sabha elections from his home state Odisha. He is likely to get a ticket from Sambalpur.
One of the strongest organisation resources within the bjp, Bhupender Yadav, has also been a member of the rajya sabha since 2012. Three-time mla and Union minister from Gujarat, Purushotham Rupala, is a two-term rajya sabha MP who served as the minister of State in the Modi government. In July 2021, he was elevated to the rank of a cabinet minister.
Mansukh Mandaviya, another cabinet minister hailing from Gujarat, was made the minister for health and Family Welfare during the expansion of the Modi cabinet in July 2021. ashwini Vaishnaw was brought to the rajya sabha in 2019 when he won the election unopposed from odisha with the support of the BJD. In July 2021, he was made a cabinet minister in the narendra modi government.
Another Union minister whose rajya sabha term is to come to an end in april is former maharashtra CM Narayan Rane. ormer kerala bjp president v muraleedharan is currently serving his first rajya sabha term from Maharashtra. Since 2019, he has been the MoS for Parliamentary Affairs and External Affairs in the Modi government. minister for State for Fisheries and Information & Broadcasting and former bjp president in tamil Nadu, Dr L Murugan was brought to the Upper house in July 2021 after he took oath as Union Minister. A total of eight rajya sabha MPs will retire in 2025 and 73 more will retire in 2026.