Arti Singh Rao is an Indian politician from the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

, who is currently serving as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare of Haryana. She is a Member of the

Haryana Legislative Assembly The Haryana Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Hariyāṇā Vidhāna Sabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Haryana. The seating of the assembly is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. There are seats in the house fil ...

from the

Ateli Assembly constituency Ateli Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly of Haryana a north state of India. Ahir have become MLA from Atlei. Only, this time Punjabi candidate won. Ateli is also part of Bhiwani-Mahendragar ...

since October 2024. She is the daughter of

Rao Inderjit Singh Rao Inderjit Singh (born 11 February 1951) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 17th minister of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation and minister of state in the ministry of Culture since 2024. He is also a member of the ...

, who is the current

Minister of Culture A culture minister or a heritage minister is a common cabinet position in governments. The culture minister is typically responsible for cultural policy, which often includes arts policy (direct and indirect support to artists and arts organiza ...

of India.

Early life

Arti Singh Rao was born in the royal family of Ahirwal region in 1979. She is a daughter of Indian politician & Union Minister

and Manita Singh. She is an International Skeet Shooter and has won multiple medals finishing best with a Gold Medal at the 2005 Asian Games. She started practicing shooting in 1998 and played her first international competition in 1999. She is the granddaughter of Maharaja Rao Birender Singh, the former Chief Minister of Haryana. Her uncles, Rao Ajit Singh and Rao Yaduvendra Singh, are also politicians.

Shooting career

Arti Rao started practicing shooting in 1998 and played her first competition in 1999. She has won multiple medals at Asian Games, finishing best with Gold Medal at 2005 Asian Games. She has won four medals at the Asian Games, a gold in 2005, two silver in 2003 and 2009, and a bronze in 2004. She made two Skeet Shooting World Cup Final appearances in 2001 Doha and 2012 Maribor finishing ninth rank both times. She achieved the best rank of 20 at the World Championships in 2009 Maribor. Thomas Sunny was her national coach.

Political career

Belonging to a well-established political family, her debut in politics was inevitable. Although she was active in the political sphere since the early 2010s, she was denied a ticket to

seat earlier by BJP, but was offered one from

Ateli Ateli is a small town and a municipal committee near Narnaul in Mahendragarh district in the north Indian state of Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved ...

constituency in

2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Haryana, Haryana on 2024 elections in India, 5 October 2024 to elect all List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly, 90 members of the Haryana Legislativ ...

, a constituency in southern Haryana, where Rao Inderjit Singh has a very strong foothold. She defeated the BSP candidate Atar Lal and became the member of assembly for the first time. In the

Second Saini ministry The Second Saini ministry was formed on 17 October 2024, with incumbent Nayab Singh Saini as Chief Minister of Haryana The chief minister of Haryana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Haryana. As per the Constitution of India, the ...

, she was sworn in as a cabinet minister and allotted Health ministry portfolio. She is also the Minister of Medical Education & Research and the Minister of Ayush.

References

Living people Haryana MLAs 2024–2029 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Haryana 1979 births Shooters at the 2002 Asian Games Shooters at the 2010 Asian Games Shooters at the 2014 Asian Games Women members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly 21st-century Indian women politicians Indian sportsperson-politicians {{BJP-politician-stub