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PP Chaudhary | |
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| Chairperson of JPC onOne Nation, One Election | |
| Assumed office 20 December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister of State for Corporate Affairs[1] | |
| In office 3 September 2017 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Arun Jaitley |
| Minister of State for Law & Justice | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 30 May 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology[2] | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Minister | Ravi Shankar Prasad |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Badri Ram Jakhar |
| Constituency | Pali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1953-07-12)12 July 1953 (age 72) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Jai Narain Vyas University |
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| Website | ppchaudhary |
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P. P. Chaudhary (born 12 July 1953) is an Indian senior advocate and politician who has served as aMember of Parliament in theLok Sabha, representingPali constituency inRajasthan since 2014. Previously, he had served as aMinister of State forCorporate Affairs,Law and Justice, andElectronics and Information Technology. He is a member of theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He is currently serving as the Chairperson of the Joint Committee onOne Nation, One Election. He has previously served as Chairperson of theCommittee on External Affairs, Chairperson of The Joint Committee on the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill 2022, Chairperson of The Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 & Joint Committee on Offices of Profit. He is currently also a member of theEstimates Committee, Business Advisory Committee,Finance Committee, Law & Justice Committee, Select Committee on Income Tax Bill 2025, and Consultative Committee ofMinistry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India.[3][4][5]
Chaudhary was born on 12 July 1953 as the son of Prabhu Ram Chaudhary and Dhaku Devi in Bhavi village ofJodhpur,Rajasthan, India to a farming family. He joinedRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Shakha and his early education was done in the life of Pracharaks of RSS. He obtained two bachelor's degrees, B.Sc. and L.L.B. fromJai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. He started practicing law from 1978 in the Jodhpur High Court. He is married to Veena Pani Chaudhary and has two children.[6]
He won his first Indian general elections in 2014 from Pali Lok Sabha constituency with a victory margin of over 4 lakh votes and in 2019 with a margin of 5 lakh votes and again in 2024 with a margin of 2.5 lakh. He was felicitated with the 'Sansad Ratna Award' for two consecutive years in 2015 & 2016 for outstanding performance in Lok Sabha.[7]
Chaudhary was sworn in as Minister of state in the Union Council of Ministers on 5 July 2016 and assumed charge at theMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology. As part of his charge, he has worked on bridging the digital divide between urban and rural areas, promoting connection of as many as 1 lakh gram panchayats by the optical fibre network and bringing Wi-fi hotspots to all villages.[citation needed]
Chaudhary also held the post of Minister of State forMinistry of Law and Justice from 5 July 2016 to 30 May 2019, working with Union Law MinisterRavi Shankar Prasad. As Minister of State, Chaudhary represented the Government of India at the Marrakech Law Ministers International Conference on Justice in Marrakech, Morocco, under the theme “the independence of the judiciary” from 01 - 5 April 2018. He also led a delegation to the SCO Justice Ministers’ Meeting in Tashkent in October 2017 as MoS.[citation needed]
Chaudhary was designated the post of Minister of State forMinistry of Corporate Affairs on 3 September 2017. As minister of state he undertook a massive drive to strike off names of 2.5 lakh non-compliant shell companies.[8][9][10][11][12]
Chaudhary has been practicing law since 1978 in High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. He has been designated as senior advocate at the Jodhpur HC and at the Supreme Court of India. He has a profile of around 11000 (Eleven Thousand) cases, mostly Constitutional Litigation including matters relating to - Constitutional Law, Land Acquisition, Farmers Grievances, Labour & Service, Central Excise & Customs, PIL - related to restoration of natural water bodies & dams, Mines and Minerals, Covenants, Arbitrations, Indian Bankruptcy code and Companies Law.[13][14]
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