Shakti Raj Parihar is an Indian politician and member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party. Parihar is a former member of the
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly also known as the Jammu and Kashmir Vidhan Sabha is the legislature of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir was dissolved by the Governor on 21 N ...
from the
Doda Vidhan Sabha in
Doda district and a former Minister of State (MoS) in the
BJP-PDP Government.
After passing higher secondary, Shakti Parihar worked in a French Multinational Company. Later he start his own business. He joined
Bharatiya Janata Party in 2008 and contested
Assembly Election unsuccessfully from
Inderwal Vidhan Sabha. In 2014, Parihar surprised political circles after getting elected from Muslim majority Doda by a margin of 4,040 votes. He defeated the sitting MLA of
Congress, Abdul Majid Wani who secured secured 20,532 votes. And the candidate of
Omar Abdullah lead
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference got 16,416 votes and stood at third place.
On 30 April 2018, Shakti Parihar was inducted as MoS in the BJP-PDP Govt.
On 13 January 2020, Parihar was elected as the member of BJP National Council from Jammu and Kashmir. He represented
Udhampur Lok Sabha in the Council.
On 22 July 2023, Parihar met
Minister of Defence,
Rajnath Singh. He took up the issues of defence roads in
Doda and special recruitment rally of
Indian Army in erstwhile Doda District. Defence Minister assured Raj to help in every possible manner.
References
People from Doda district
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jammu and Kashmir
Living people
Jammu and Kashmir MLAs 2014–2018
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