Shakti Raj Parihar is an Indian politician and member of the

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. Parihar is a member of the

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from the Doda West Vidhan Sabha in

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and a former Minister of State (MoS) in the BJP-PDP

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. After passing higher secondary, Shakti Parihar worked in a French Multinational Company. Later he started his own business. He joined

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

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, Abdul Majid Wani who secured 20,532 votes. And the candidate of

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led

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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

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. He took up the issues of defence roads in Doda and special recruitment rally of

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in erstwhile Doda District. Defence Minister assured Raj to help in every possible manner. In 2024, he won from the newly created Doda West Assembly constituency, defeating his closest rival and Congress candidate Pardeep Kumar by a margin of 3,453 votes.

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