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'''Ganesh Joshi''' is an Indian politician and currently a State Cabinet Minister of [[Government of Uttarakhand]] under the Chief Minister [[Pushkar Singh Dhami]]. He is member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Joshi is a 3rd time member of the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Mussoorie (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Mussoorie constituency]] in [[Dehradun district]].<br />
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Originally from [[Pithoragarh district]] in [[Uttarakhand]], Ganesh Joshi was born in Meerut City in 1958 where his father, Late Shri Shyam Dutt Joshi was posted as a jawan of the [[Indian Army]]. Second eldest among five siblings, his childhood was spent in [[Meerut]], [[Haridwar]] and [[Dehradun]]. He served in the Indian Army as a soldier from 1976 to 1983.<br />
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==Political background==<br />
Joined Bharatiya Janata Party as a member in 1984 and served different positions as below.<br />
*Secretary, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Dehradun City (1985–89)<br />
*Vice President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Dehradun City (1989–92)<br />
*President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Dehradun City (1994–96)<br />
*Mandal prabhari, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morch, Garhwal Mandal (1996–98)<br />
*Sec. BJP, Dehradun City (1998-2000)<br />
*District Gen. Sec, BJP, Dehradun Mahanagar (2000-2002)<br />
*State General Secretary, Local Bodies cell, Uttaranchal<br />
*Elected 2007 MLA from Rajpur constituency<br />
*Nominated 2009 Chairperson of Housing committee of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly<br />
*Elected in 2012 MLA from Mussoorie constituency<br />
*Elected in 2017 MLA from Mussoorie constituency<br />
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==Political activities==<br />
*In 1991 during Ram Janam Bhoomi Movement injured and arrested by police in [[lathicharge]].<br />
*During Uttarakhand Movement injured in agitation at DIG Campus, Dehradun on 3 October 1994.<br />
*On 16 December 1994 injured and arrested at Police Control Room and was sent to [[Bareilly]] Central Jail for 27 days.<br />
*Also participated actively in many other agitations and rallies.<br />
*On 15 February 2017, [[Sonia Gandhi]]'s son-in-law [[Robert Vadra]] criticized the BJP for allowing Joshi to run in the [[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017 Assembly election]] having thrashed and kicked a police horse at a protest in March 2016, injuring its legs which eventually led to its death a month later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/57167459.cms|title=Uttarakhand 2017 Polls: Robert Vadra slams BJP for election ticket to man who hit Shaktiman|newspaper=The Economic Times|last1=Neelakantan|first1=Shailaja}}</ref><ref>[http://www.firstpost.com/india/if-found-guilty-cut-my-leg-bjp-mla-ganesh-joshi-reacts-to-shaktimans-death-2740256.html If found guilty, cut my leg]</ref><ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/shaktiman-case-bjp-mla-ganesh-joshi-granted-bail/ Shaktiman case: BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi granted bail]</ref><ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/shaktiman-bjp-mla-uttarakhand-police/ BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi arrested]</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}5. [http://mukhyadhara.in/tirath-cabinate-team-inko-mili-jagah/ Ganesh Joshi sworn as minister].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://ganeshjoshi.in Ganesh Joshi, MLA, Mussoorie]<br />
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