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| Office | Cabinet Minister of Education (Primary and Secondary),Art,Literature, Culture & Archeology Government of Rajasthan
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| Office | Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
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| Born | 1949-10-4 (age 77) |
| Born | Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Shivkumari Kalla |
| Children | 2 Son & 2 daughters
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Bulaki Das Kalla (born 4 October 1949) or Dr. B.D. Kalla, is an Indian politician from Bikaner Rajasthan. He is Education(primary and secondary), sanskrit education,arts, literature and culture & ASI minister in Rajasthan government.[1]
Family and Education
He has done B.Sc., M.A. (Economics), L.L.B and Ph.D. He is the son of Giridhari Lal Kalla. He got married to Shiv Kumari Kalla on 10 February 1971. They have two sons (Ashwani Kalla and Pawan Kalla) and two daughters (Radha & Rajani).
Career
Dr. B.D. Kalla began his career in 1974 as a lecturer in a B.J.S. Rampuriya College in Bikaner. Then he turned towards politics and served as an MLA from Bikaner city in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly upon winning assembly elections for 5 times i.e. in 1980, 1985, 1990, 1998 and 2003.
Kalla served as the Minister for Secondary Education from 1990 and 2003 and did justice for his position with his previous experience in the education sector. Dr. B.D. Kalla was the Leader of the Opposition party from January 2004 to January 2006, as an active member of Indian National Congress in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He also served as President of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee & Chairman of 4th Finance Commission.
In 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections, the Bikaner constituency was split into Bikaner East (Rajasthan Assembly constituency) and Bikaner West (Rajasthan Assembly constituency) after the delimitation of boundaries by the Govt. BD Kalla lost 2008 & 2013 elections to BJP candidate Dr. Gopal Joshi (who is also Dr. Kalla's brother-in-law).[2]
2018 Rajasthan Assembly Elections
In November 2018, INC announced its first list of candidates & Dr. Kalla's name was not in it. His supporters took it offensively which caused political turmoil in Bikaner and Congress leadership took note of it, hence allocating ticket to Dr.Kalla from Bikaner West Constituency.[3][4]
In December 2018, Dr BD Kalla won[5] & become Minister in CM Ashok Gehlot's cabinet.[6] He is one of the three ministers who have studied up to Ph.D., out of a total of 23 ministers in Gehlot's 2018 Cabinet.[7] He is incumbent minister of Energy, Public Health Engineering, Ground Water, Art, Culture & Archeology departments in Rajasthan Government.[8]
References
- ↑ Rajasthan Cabinet Minister list 2021: गहलोत मंत्रिमंडल में विभागों का बंटवारा, यहां देखें पूरी लिस्ट.
- ↑ Congress' BD Kalla to contest against brother-in-law Gopal Joshi of BJP from Bikaner (West). Hindustan Times(19 November 2018).
- ↑ Veteran Ashok Gehlot's tackling of party rebels. Telegraph India(2 Dec 2018).
- ↑ We will create a new artificial lake, says BD Kalla. DNA India(5 December 2018).
- ↑ Bikaner West Assembly Election Result 2018:Congress BD Kalla wins by 6190 votes. Times Now News(11 Dec 2018).
- ↑ Rajasthan ministers allocated portfolios; Gehlot keeps 9, including home and finance. The Economic Times(27 December 2018).
- ↑ PhDs, LLBs, MBAs: Rajasthan Gets Several Highly Qualified MLAs. News18(25 Dec 2018).
- ↑ 13 cabinet, 10 ministers of state to take oath in Rajasthan on Monday. Tribune India(23 Dec 2018).