Santosh Gangwar
| Santosh Gangwar | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1948 Bareilly, United Provinces, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Saubhagya Gangwar |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Bareilly |
| Alma mater | • Agra University (B.Sc.) • Rohilkhand University (L.L.B) |
| As of 22 September, 2006 Source: [1] | |
Santosh Gangwar is an Indian politician and current Member of Parliament from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh and the former Minister of State with independent charge in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in the Government of India.[1]. He is one of the elder leaders in Bharatiya Janta Party and has been Member of Parliament for the city of Bareilly since 1989 till date (except 2009–2014). He was also the chief whip of the party in 14th Lok Sabha. He faced defeat in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections, 2009 by a very narrow margin. Gangwar was the chairman of the PAC Public Accounts Committee (India) in 2009. He has been elected as Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha. He won by a margin of over 2.4 lakh votes over his rival candidate in 2014 general election. He resigned from the post of cabinet minister ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.He is currently the Chairperson of the Committee on Public Undertakings.
