Ajay Tamta

Ajay Tamta
Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways
Assumed office
11 June 2024
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
MinisterNitin Gadkari
Minister of State for Textiles
In office
July 6, 2016 – 24 May 2019
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Member of Parliament
for Almora
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byPradeep Tamta
Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2007–2014
Preceded byPradeep Tamta
Succeeded byRekha Arya
ConstituencySomeshwar
Personal details
Born (1972-07-16) 16 July 1972 (age 52)
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSonal Tamta
Residence(s)Almora, Uttarakhand
OccupationPolitician

Ajay Tamta (born 16 July 1972) is a politician from Uttarakhand, India. He represents Bharatiya Janata Party serving as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.[1] He had also served as Minister of State for Textiles and is Member of Parliament (MP) from Almora constituency.

He contested 2009 Lok Sabha elections from Almora of Uttarakhand but lost.[2] He was elected as member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Someshwar, Almora in 2012 elections as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[3] He is the member of Lok Sabha since 2014.

In 2024 Indian general election, he won again with the margin of 234097 votes from the Almora.

  1. ^ "Uttarakhand's Almora MP Ajay Tamta takes oath as Minister of State". India Today. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. ^ "AJAY TAMTA (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Someshwar (Almora ) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  3. ^ "AJAY TAMTA (Male):Constituency- Almora - Information of Candidate". economictimes.indiatimes.com/.