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| name = John Barla<br />
| Occupation = Garden Worker<br />
| image = Shri John Barla Minister.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|08|8|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Lakhipara, [[Jalpaiguri district]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| office = [[Ministry of Minority Affairs|Minister of State for Minority Affairs]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cabinet-reshuffle-meet-some-of-the-faces-from-pm-modis-new-team/articleshow/84203141.cms | title=Cabinet Reshuffle: The full list of Modi's new ministers and what they got | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=8 July 2021 | accessdate=8 July 2021}}</ref><br />
| term_start = 8 July 2021<br />
| predecessor = [[Kiren Rijiju]]<br />
| primeminister = [[Narendra Modi]]<br />
|minister = [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alipurduars]]<br />
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = [[Dasrath Tirkey]]<br />
| successor1 =<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
|spouse =Mahima Barla<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| signature = John Barla Signature.jpg<br />
| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5034<br />
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'''John Barla''' is an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alipurduars]], [[West Bengal]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]] as a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{citation |title=Alipurduars Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Alipurduar): John Barla of BJP Leads at 2:38PM |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/alipurduars-election-results-2019-live-updates-alipurduar-winner-loser-leading-trailing-2154369.html |work=[[News18]] |date=23 May 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/ethnic-groups-divided-over-bjp-mps-bifurcation-call/articleshow/83760632.cms | title=Ethnic groups divided over BJP MP’s ‘bifurcation’ call | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 June 2021 | accessdate=7 July 2021 | author=Deep Gazmer & Pinak Priya Bhattacharya}}</ref> Since 7 July 2021, he is serving as the [[India|Union]] [[Minister of State]] in the [[Ministry of Minority Affairs]].<br />
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==Political career==<br />
He used to work in the tea gardens of [[Alipurduar district]] at the age of 14. After that, he started to raise the voice for the welfare of the tea workers. In May 2019, in the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 Lok Sabha election]], he defeated [[Dasrath Tirkey]] of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] by more than 2 lakh votes from [[Alipurduars (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alipurduar]]. On 8 July 2021, he was made the [[Ministry of Minority Affairs (India)|Minister of State for Minority Affairs]] during the cabinet reshuffle in the [[Second Modi ministry|Narendra Modi cabinet]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5034 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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