Pralhad Joshi

Pralhad Joshi
Joshi in 2023
Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Assumed office
10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPiyush Goyal
Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy
Assumed office
10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byRaj Kumar Singh
Union Minister of Coal
In office
30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) – 10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byPiyush Goyal
Succeeded byG. Kisan Reddy
Union Minister of Mines
In office
30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) – 10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded byG. Kisan Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
24 May 2004 (2004-05-24)
Preceded byVijay Sankeshwar
ConstituencyDharwad, Karnataka
President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka
In office
12 July 2012 (2012-07-12) – 12 January 2016 (2016-01-12)
Preceded byK. S. Eshwarappa
Succeeded byB. S. Yediyurappa
Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
In office
30 May 2019 (2019-05-30) – 10 June 2024 (2024-06-10)
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byNarendra Singh Tomar
Succeeded byKiren Rijiju
Personal details
Born (1962-11-27) 27 November 1962 (age 61)
Bijapur, Mysore State, India
(present-day Karnataka)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseJyothi Joshi
Children3
OccupationPolitician
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Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi[2] (born 27 November 1962) is an Indian politician who is Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, 10th Minister of New and Renewable Energy since 2024.[3] He was also the Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines of India, from 2019 to 2024 and Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, since 2004, representing the Dharwad Lok Sabha constituency. He was also the State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka (BJP) from 2014 to 2016. He served in the panel of chairpersons of Lok Sabha (2014–2018).

Pralhad Joshi first came to public notice with RSS when they organised a movement to hoist the Tri-colour flag at Idagah Maidan Hubli Karnataka during 1992–1994. Recently the Supreme court has upheld the Karnataka High Court order restoring the ownership of the said maidan to The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal corporation. He has been elected to Lok Sabha in the general elections of 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2019.

On 30 May 2019, Pralhad Joshi was sworn in as a cabinet minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term government.

On 13 March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Dharwad constituency in the 2024 General Elections, which he has represented for the past three terms.[4]

  1. ^ "Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2006.
  2. ^ "Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in.
  3. ^ https://www.moneycontrol.com/elections/lok-sabha-election/pralhad-joshi-appointed-as-minister-of-new-and-renewable-energy-whats-in-store-for-the-sector-article-12745267.html [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Second list of BJP candidates for ensuing General Elections 2024 to the Parliamentary Constituencies of different states finalised by BJP CEC". 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.