Ashok Gehlot
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Ashok Gehlot (born May 3, 1951) is a leader of Indian National Congress party. He was chief minister of the Indian state of Rajasthan from 1 December 1998 to 8 December 2003. Earlier he was an MP in the Lok Sabha & was Minister in the central government of India. He hails from Jodhpur City.
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[edit] Membership of Legislature
1980 - 84 - Member, Seventh Lok Sabha
1984 - 89 - Member, Eighth Lok Sabha
1991 - 96 - Member, Tenth Lok Sabha
1996 - 98 - Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha
1998 - 99 - Member, Twelth Lok Sabha
1999 - 2003 - Member, Eleventh Rajasthan Legislative Assembly ( Elected in by-election )
2003 - Cont. - Member, Twelth Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
[edit] Positions held
1980 - 82 - Member, Public Accounts Committee, Lok Sabha
1982 - 83 - Union Deputy Minister, Department of Tourism
1983 - 84 - Union Deputy Minister, Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation
1984 - 84 - Union Deputy Minister, Department of Sports
1984 - 85 - Union Minister of State, Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation
1989 - 89 - Minister, Department of Home and PHED, Government of Rajasthan.
1991 - 93 - Union Minister of State, Department of Textiles ( Independent Charge )
1991 - 96 - Consultative Committee on Communication ( Lok Sabha )
1991 - 98 - Standing Committee on Railway (10th & 11th Lok Sabha)
1996 - 98 - Consultative Committee on External Affairs ( Lok Sabha )
01-12-98 to 08-12-03 - Chief Minister, Rajasthan
[edit] Other Positions Held
1974 - 79 - President, Rajasthan NSUI
1979 - 82 - President, City District Congress Committee, Jodhpur.
1982 - General Secretary, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
1985 - 89,1994 - 97, and 1997 - 99 - President, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee
[edit] Controversy
In April 2004 a property dealer released a tape to the electronic media in Jaipur that showed three ministers in then Ashok Gehlot Ministry, namely Choggaram Bakolia, Taqiuddin Ahmed and Gulab Singh Shaktawat taking money while promising official favours. The tape also showed deals being struck between Mr Pehalwan, the property dealer and Kanwar Sen Gehlot, elder brother of Mr Ashok Gehlot. [1]
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