Ram Shankar Katheria (born 21 September 1964) is an Indian politician and former chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes. He is a member of the 17th

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representing

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constituency of

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. He represented the

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constituency of

previously. He is a member of the

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. He was a Minister of State in the Human Resource Development Ministry till 6 July 2016.

Life

Katheria was born in Nagriya Sarawa village,

on 21 September 1964 to Sone Lal and Shanti Devi. He spent his early years at the local

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(RSS) unit, which also facilitated his education. He holds

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from

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. He worked as a pracharak of the RSS in Agra for 13 years. Before joining politics, he was a

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of Hindi at the

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where he has taught ''Dalit Chetna'' (Dalit upliftment) and wrote several books on the subject. On 17 February 2001, he married Mridula Katheri, with whom he has two sons and one daughter.

Political career

Katheria was appointed as a National General-Secretary of the BJP in August 2014 and, in October, he was made in charge of the

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and

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states. However, in his November cabinet expansion, Narendra Modi inducted Katheria as a Minister of State in the Human Resource Development Ministry, where he served till 6 July 2016.

Controversies

Katheria has been charged with forging two of his degree mark-sheets (for BA and MA) allegedly to secure a job at the

. The case is being heard in an Agra court. Katheria has also listed 20 other pending cases against him in his election affidavit.

Publications

Katheria has written four books.

References

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Life

Political career

Controversies

Publications

See also

References