Bulaki Das Kalla

Bulaki Das Kalla
Cabinet Minister of Education (Primary and Secondary), Art, Literature, Culture & Archeology
Government of Rajasthan
In office
22 November 2021 – December 2023
Preceded byGovind Singh Dotasra
Succeeded byMadan Dilawar
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
11 December 2018 – 2023
Preceded byGopal Kishan Joshi
Succeeded byJethanand Vyas
ConstituencyBikaner West Assembly constituency
Personal details
Born (1949-10-04) 4 October 1949 (age 75)
Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Indian National Congress
SpouseShivkumari Kalla
Children2 sons & 2 daughters

Bulaki Das Kalla (born 4 October 1949) or Dr. B.D. Kalla, is an Indian politician from Bikaner Rajasthan. He is Former minister of Education (primary and secondary), sanskrit education, arts, literature and culture & ASI 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 married Shiv Kumari Kalla on 10 February 1971. They have two sons, Ashwani Kalla and Pawan Kalla, and two daughters, Radha and Rajani.

Career

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 five 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 to 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 and 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] & became 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 was minister of Energy, Public Health Engineering, Ground Water, Art, Culture & Archeology departments till November 2021, and currently is the State Education Minister in Rajasthan Government.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Rajasthan Cabinet Minister list 2021: गहलोत मंत्रिमंडल में विभागों का बंटवारा, यहां देखें पूरी लिस्‍ट".
  2. ^ "Congress' BD Kalla to contest against brother-in-law Gopal Joshi of BJP from Bikaner (West)". Hindustan Times. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Veteran Ashok Gehlot's tackling of party rebels". Telegraph India. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  4. ^ "We will create a new artificial lake, says BD Kalla". DNA India. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Bikaner West Assembly Election Result 2018:Congress BD Kalla wins by 6190 votes". Times Now News. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Rajasthan ministers allocated portfolios; Gehlot keeps 9, including home and finance". The Economic Times. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  7. ^ "PhDs, LLBs, MBAs: Rajasthan Gets Several Highly Qualified MLAs". News18. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  8. ^ "13 cabinet, 10 ministers of state to take oath in Rajasthan on Monday". Tribune India. 23 December 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.