Pralhad Joshi | |
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.jpg) Joshi in 2023 | |
| Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy | |
| Assumed office 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Raj Kumar Singh |
| Union Minister of Coal | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Piyush Goyal |
| Succeeded by | G. Kisan Reddy |
| Union Minister of Mines | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| Succeeded by | G. Kisan Reddy |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 24 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Vijay Sankeshwar |
| Constituency | Dharwad, Karnataka |
| President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka | |
| In office 12 July 2012 – 12 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | K. S. Eshwarappa |
| Succeeded by | B. S. Yediyurappa |
| Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 30 May 2019 – 10 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| Succeeded by | Kiren Rijiju |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1962 Bijapur, Mysore State, India (present-day Karnataka) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Jyothi Joshi |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Politician |
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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]
- ^ "Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2006.
- ^ "Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in.
- ^ 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]
- ^ "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.