Harish_Chaudhary

Harish Chaudhary

Harish Chaudhary

Indian politician & farmer leader

Harish Chaudhary (Hindi - हरीश चौधरी , Punjabi - ਹਰੀਸ਼ ਚੌਧਰੀ ) (born 13 May 1970) popularly known as 'Harishji' in his loksabha constituency Barmer-Jaisalmer, is a farmer leader & politician serving as the incharge of Indian National Congress organisation in Punjab and Chandigarh and Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Baytu constituency of Barmer district in Rajasthan as an Indian National Congress party candidate which he won in the 2018 legislative assembly elections.[1] He has also served as the Cabinet Minister of Revenue, Colonization and Water Cooperation of Rajasthan for about 3 years. He had won Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency in Rajasthan.[2] But in 2014 elections, he lost. He was National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee till 2014–2019.

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Harish Chaudhary launched a massive agitation in July–August 2022 against the circular issued by the Vasundhara Raje government of Rajasthan in 2018 regarding OBC reservation, in which former MP of Barmer Jaisalmer and BJP leader Col. Sonaram Chaudhary assist him.

He bring his main rival from his assembly constituency Baytu Ummeda Ram Beniwal of RLP into Congress & Beniwal faught election on Congress ticket from Barmer Jaisalmer Balotra Loksabha Constituency.

References

  1. [1]
    "Harish Choudhary appointed new AICC in-charge for Punjab. Elder brother lives in jodhpur named ramnivas gwala currently he is the P.R.O of Jay Narayan Vyas University". The Tribune. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Oil production at Mangala to begin from Aug 29". The Times of India. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2009.


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