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J. P. Nadda
Nadda in 2015
28th Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 June 2024
Deputy	Nirmala Sitharaman
Chairman	Jagdeep Dhankhar
Preceded by	Piyush Goyal
25th ]
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024 (2024-06-11)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Mansukh Mandaviya
34th Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2024 (2024-06-11)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Mansukh L. Mandaviya
In office 9 November 2014 (2014-11-09) – 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Harsh Vardhan
Succeeded by	Harsh Vardhan
11th National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 January 2020 (2020-01-20)
Vice President	Vasundhara Raje Saudan Singh Saroj Pandey Baijayant Panda D. K. Aruna A. P. Abdullakutty Rekha Verma M. Chuba Ao Laxmikant Bajpai Lata Usendi Tariq Mansoor Anil Antony
Preceded by	Amit Shah
National Working President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
In office 17 June 2019 (2019-06-17) – 20 January 2020 (2020-01-20)
President	Amit Shah
Preceded by	Jana Krishnamurthy
Succeeded by	Vacant
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 2024 (2024-04-02)
Preceded by	Parshottam Rupala
Constituency	Gujarat
In office 3 April 2012 (2012-04-03) – 4 March 2024 (2024-03-04)
Preceded by	Viplove Thakur
Succeeded by	Harsh Mahajan
Constituency	Himachal Pradesh
Cabinet Minister in Government of Himachal Pradesh
In office 2007 (2007)–2012 (2012)
Governor	VS Kokje Prabha Rao Urmila Singh
Chief Minister	Prem Kumar Dhumal
Ministry	• Forest • Environment • Science and Technology
In office 1998 (1998)–2003 (2003)
Governor	VS Rama Devi Vishnukant Shastri Suraj Bhan
Chief Minister	Prem Kumar Dhumal
Ministry	• Health and Family Welfare • Parliamentary Affairs
Member of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2007 (2007)–2012 (2012)
Preceded by	Tilak Raj Sharma
Succeeded by	Bumber Thakur
Constituency	Bilaspur
In office 1993 (1993)–2003 (2003)
Preceded by	Sada Ram Thakur
Succeeded by	Tilak Raj Sharma
Constituency	Bilaspur
Personal details
Born	Jagat Prakash Nadda (1960-12-02) 2 December 1960 (age 64) Patna, Bihar, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Mallika Banerjee ​(m. 1991)​
Children	2
Relatives	Jayashree Banerjee (mother-in-law)
Residence	7-B, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi
Alma mater	• Patna College (B.A.) • Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University (L.L.B)
Website	jagatprakashnadda.in

Jagat Prakash Nadda (born 2 December 1960) is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020 and the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat since 2024. A key decision maker of the BJP, he is a close aide to Narendra Modi. He was the BJP's working president from 2019 to 2020. Nadda was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. Nadda is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the third Modi ministry.

Previously, he was an MLA from Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh from 2007 to 2012 and from 1993 to 2003 and Minister of Forest, Environment, Science, and Technology from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from 1998 to 2003 in the Himachal Pradesh Government.

Personal life

Nadda was born on 2 December 1960 in Patna, Bihar in the family of Narain Lall Nadda and Krishna Nadda, with roots in Himachal Pradesh. He belongs to Brahmin community. He has a brother named Jagat Bhushan Nadda.

Nadda was educated at St. Xavier's School, Patna. Thereafter he did his B.A. from Patna College, Patna University and LL.B. from Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. As a child, he represented Bihar in the All India Junior Swimming Championship held at Delhi.

Nadda married Mallika Nadda (née Banerjee) on 11 December 1991, with whom he has two sons. His mother-in-law Jayashree Banerjee was elected to Lok Sabha in 1999.

Political career

Early electoral politics

Nadda was first elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the election of 1993 from Bilaspur. He was re-elected in 1998.

During his first term, he served as the Leader of his party group in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, from 1994 to 1998. He was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs in First Dhumal ministry. Nadda lost his seat in the 2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Nadda was elected for another term in the 2007 elections. After Prem Kumar Dhumal formed a government, he inducted Nadda into his cabinet, as cabinet minister responsible for Forest, Environment, Science and Technology, from 2008 to 2010.

Rise in national politics

Nadda did not seek re-election to the Legislative Assembly in 2012, and instead got elected to Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber from Himachal Pradesh.

Corruption charges and appointment as Health Minister

Sanjiv Chaturvedi was posted in AIIMS, Delhi as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) from 2012 to 2014. During his tenure, he was investigating some high level corruption in the prime institute. As a result of Chaturvedi's investigations, the CBI registered cases and recommended action against Vineet Chawdhry, a close aide to Nadda. In 2014, Nadda wrote multiple letters to the then Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, to put the investigations on hold and to remove Chaturvedi from the post of CVO.

In November 2014, during a cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made Nadda, the Minister of Health. The reshuffle move was described by a section of media as surprising and something which raised questions on Modi's stance on corruption. On 25 February 2015, the Delhi High Court issued a notice to Nadda questioning his role in corruption cases at AIIMS.

According to a June 2017 India Today investigative report, Nadda was found to have suppressed an investigation of what the report called a ₹7,000 crore scam. The India Today reports included reports from the CBI and a parliamentary committee.

President of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Nadda was appointed the national working president of the BJP in June 2019. On 20 January 2020, he was elected unanimously as the BJP National President, a role he took from Amit Shah.

In January 2021 in Bardhaman, West Bengal, Nadda started a new scheme Ek Muthi Chaawal Yojana. In September 2022 he got extension to be the party chief till 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

On 4 March 2024, he resigned as member of Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh. He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat and took oath on 6 April 2024.

Minister in Modi 3.0

On 11 June 2024, Mr Nadda took the dual-charge of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as well as Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.

References

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2. "JP Nadda elected as BJP national working president, Amit Shah to remain party chief". The Indian Express. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
3. "जेपी आंदोलन से सुर्खियों में आए थे जेपी नड्डा, बने विश्व की सबसे बड़ी पार्टी के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष". Amar Ujala. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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5. "BJP President JP Nadda gets two ministries, Health and Fertilizers, in PM Modi's new cabinet". The Economic Times. 10 June 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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• 1960 births
• Living people
• Patna University alumni
• St. Xavier's Patna alumni
• Rajya Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh
• Health ministers of India
• Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh
• Narendra Modi ministry
• People from Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
• State cabinet ministers of Himachal Pradesh
• Presidents of Bharatiya Janata Party
• Himachal Pradesh University alumni
• Himachal Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998
• Himachal Pradesh MLAs 1998–2003
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