Bulaki Das Kalla (born 4 October 1949) or Dr. B.D. Kalla, is an Indian politician from Bikaner

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...

. He is Former minister of Education (primary and secondary), sanskrit education, arts, literature and culture & ASI in Rajasthan government.

Family and education

He has done BSc, MA (Economics), LLB and PhD. He is the son of Giridhari Lal Kalla. He married Shiv Kumari Kalla on 10 February 1971.

Career

Kalla began his career in 1974 as a lecturer in a B.J.S. Rampuriya College in Bikaner. Then he turned towards politics and served as an MLA from

Bikaner Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the States and territories of India, state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. It is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Fo ...

city in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly upon winning assembly elections five times i.e. in 1980, 1985, 1990, 1998 and 2003. Kalla served as the Minister for Secondary Education from 1990 and 2003 and did justice to his position with his previous experience in the education sector. Dr. B.D. Kalla was the

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the Opposition (parliamentary), largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the ...

party from January 2004 to January 2006, as an active member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He also served as President of

Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) is the Pradesh Congress Committee (state wing) of the Indian National Congress (INC) serving in the state of Rajasthan.

& Chairman of 4th Finance Commission. In 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, the Bikaner constituency was split into Bikaner East (Rajasthan Assembly constituency) and Bikaner West (Rajasthan Assembly constituency) after the delimitation of boundaries by the Govt. BD Kalla lost 2008 & 2013 elections to BJP candidate Dr. Gopal Joshi (who is also Dr. Kalla's brother-in-law).

2018 Rajasthan Assembly Elections

In November 2018, INC announced its first list of candidates and Dr. Kalla's name was not in it. His supporters took it offensively which caused political turmoil in Bikaner and Congress leadership took note of it, hence allocating ticket to Dr. Kalla from Bikaner West Constituency. In December 2018, Dr BD Kalla won & became Minister in CM

Ashok Gehlot Ashok Gehlot (born 3 May 1951) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 1998 to December 2003, then again from 2008 to December 2013, and later from 2018 to December 2023. He represents Sardarpura (Vidhan Sabha ...

's cabinet. He is one of the three ministers who have studied up to Ph.D., out of a total of 23 ministers in Gehlot's 2018 Cabinet. He was minister of Energy, Public Health Engineering, Ground Water, Art, Culture & Archeology departments till November 2021, and currently is the State Education Minister in Rajasthan Government.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kalla, Bulaki Das State cabinet ministers of Rajasthan 1949 births Living people People from Bikaner Leaders of the opposition in Rajasthan Rajasthan MLAs 2018–2023 Indian National Congress politicians from Rajasthan Dungar College alumni