Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th

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, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th

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of the

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since 2020 and the member of the

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representing

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since 2024. A key decision maker of the BJP, he is a close aide to

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. He was the BJP's working president from 2019 to 2020. Nadda was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of

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. Nadda is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and

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in the

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. Previously, he was an MLA from

Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh Bilaspur is a town and a municipal council in Bilaspur district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. History Bilaspur was the capital of a state of the same name founded in the 7th century, also known as Kahlur. The ruling dynasty wer ...

from 2007 to 2012 and from 1993 to 2003 and Minister of Forest, Environment, Science, and Technology from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from 1998 to 2003 in the Himachal Pradesh Government.

Personal life

Nadda was born on 2 December 1960 in

Patna Patna (; , ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paṭanā''), historically known as Pataliputra, Pāṭaliputra, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, ...

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in the family of Narain Lall Nadda and Krishna Nadda, with roots in

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. He belongs to

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community. He has a brother named Jagat Bhushan Nadda. Nadda was educated at

St. Xavier's School, Patna St. Xavier's High School, Patna (often abbreviated as SXS Patna or SXHS), is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in the neighborhood of Gandhi Maidan in Patna, Bihar, India. Established in 1940, it is the oldest Jesuit scho ...

. Thereafter he did his B.A. from

Patna College Patna College is a constituent state aided College of Patna University which was established in 1863 during the British Raj. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in science, arts and commerce as well as some vocational courses like ...

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and

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from Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. As a child, he represented

in the All India Junior Swimming Championship held at Delhi. Nadda married Mallika Nadda (

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Banerjee) on 11 December 1991, with whom he has two sons. His mother-in-law

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was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999.

Political career

Early electoral politics

Nadda was first elected to the

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in the election of 1993 from Bilaspur. He was re-elected in 1998. During his first term, he served as the Leader of his party group in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, from 1994 to 1998. He was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs in First Dhumal ministry. Nadda lost his seat in the

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. Nadda was elected for another term in the

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. After

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formed a government, he inducted Nadda into his cabinet, as cabinet minister responsible for Forest, Environment, Science and Technology, from 2008 to 2010.

Rise in national politics

Nadda did not seek re-election to the Legislative Assembly in 2012, and instead got elected to

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from Himachal Pradesh.

Corruption charges and appointment as Health Minister

Sanjiv Chaturvedi was posted in AIIMS, Delhi as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) from 2012 to 2014. During his tenure, he was investigating some high level corruption in the prime institute. As a result of Chaturvedi's investigations, the CBI registered cases and recommended action against Vineet Chawdhry, a close aide to Nadda. In 2014, Nadda wrote multiple letters to the then Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, to put the investigations on hold and to remove Chaturvedi from the post of CVO. In November 2014, during a cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister

made Nadda, the

. The reshuffle move was described by a section of media as surprising and something which raised questions on Modi's stance on corruption. On 25 February 2015, the

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issued a notice to Nadda questioning his role in corruption cases at AIIMS. According to a June 2017 ''

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'' investigative report, Nadda was found to have suppressed an investigation of what the report called a ₹7,000 crore scam. The ''India Today'' reports included reports from the CBI and a parliamentary committee.

President of the Bharatiya Janata Party

J P Nadda assuming charge as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Nadda was appointed the national working president of the BJP in June 2019. On 20 January 2020, he was elected unanimously as the BJP National President, a role he took from

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. In January 2021 in

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, Nadda started a new scheme ''Ek Muthi Chaawal Yojana''. In September 2022 he got extension to be the party chief till 2024 Lok Sabha polls. On 4 March 2024, he resigned as member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh. He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from

and took oath on 6 April 2024.

Minister in Modi 3.0

On 11 June 2024, Nadda took the dual-charge of

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as well as

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