Ashok Gehlot
Ashok Gehlot (born 3 May 1951) is an Indian politician, currently serving his third term as Chief Minister of Rajasthan since December 2018. He was Congress Party’s national general secretary and in-charge of organizations and training from March 2018 to 23 January 2019. He held this position from December 1998 to 2003 and from 2008 to 2013 and again from 17 December 2018. He hails from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. He represents Sardarpura constituency of Jodhpur as Member of Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan.
Ashok Gehlot, son of Babu Jadugar Laxman Singh Gehlot a Marwari Mali Rajput , was born on 3 May 1951 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. A science and law graduate, he also holds an MA degree in economics. He is married to Sunita Gehlot and has a son and a daughter. He was influenced by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi at a very young age and was actively engaged in social political work even as a student. During 1971’s East Bengali refugees crisis he served in the refugee camps in the eastern states of India. It is there when former prime minister Indira Gandhi first identified his organizational skills during one of her visits to the refugee camps. Gehlot was later appointed the first state president of National Student’s Union of India and successfully organised Congress’s student wing in the state.
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