JP Nadda

Some Lesser Known Facts About JP Nadda

• JP Nadda is an Indian politician and the National President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

  

• On 11 December 1991, he represented Bihar in the “All India Junior Swimming Championship” in Delhi.

• His mother-in-law is a former MP, Jayshree Banerjee.

• In 1975, Nadda entered politics after joining the “Sampurna Kranti” movement started by Jayaprakash Narayan against the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi‘s rule.

• In 1983, he was a student leader in the Himachal Pradesh University.

• In 1987, Nadda started a campaign against the then ruling Congress government by forming the “Rashtriya Sangharsh Morcha.” Eventually, in the same year, Nadda had to face 45-day detention for starting this campaign.

• In 1989, during the Lok Sabha elections, Nadda was made the election-in-charge of BJP’s youth wing.

• In 1991, when he was just 31 years old, he was appointed as the National President of BJP’s youth wing.

• In 2014, after winning the General Elections, Narendra Modi appointed Nadda as the “Minister of Health and Family Welfare.”

  

• Nadda was given the responsibility of securing seats in Uttar Pradesh during the 2019 General Elections. Under his leadership, Nadda secured 64 of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

• In June 2019, he was appointed as the working president of the BJP, after the then National President of the BJP, Amit Shah, took over as the Union Home Minister.

• On 20 January 2020, in a function at the BJP central headquarters, Nadda’s name was proposed as the National President of the BJP by the parliamentary board members, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari.

  

• On 20 January 2020, he was appointed as the National President of the BJP. He will be serving as the National President of the BJP for three years.