Arti Singh Rao
Indian politician
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Arti Singh Rao is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who is currently serving as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare of Haryana. She is a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Ateli Assembly constituency since October 2024.[1][2][3] She is the daughter of Rao Inderjit Singh, who is the current Minister of Culture of India.[4]
- Medical Education & Research
- Ayush
Arti Singh Rao | |
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| Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Haryana | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2024 | |
| Governor | Bandaru Dattatreya |
| Chief Minister | Nayab Singh Saini |
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| Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sitaram Yadav |
| Constituency | Ateli Assembly constituency |
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| Born | 3 July 1979 Near Bhagwat Bhakti Ashram, Rampura, Rewari, Haryana, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Relations | Rao Birender Singh (Grand-father) |
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| Alma mater | Graduate |
| Occupation | Politician & International Skeet Shooter |
Early life
Arti Singh Rao was born in royal family of Rewari in 1979. She is a daughter of Indian politician & Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh and Manita Singh. She was an International Skeet Shooter and has won multiple medals finishing best with a Gold Medal at the 2005 Asian Games. She started practicing shooting in 1998 and played her first international competition in 1999.[5][better source needed] She is the granddaughter of Rao Birender Singh, the former Chief Minister of Haryana. Her uncles, Rao Ajit Singh and Rao Yaduvendra Singh, are also politicians.[citation needed]
Political career
Belonging to a well-established political family, her debut in politics was inevitable. Although she was active in the political sphere since the early 2010s, she was denied a ticket to Haryana Legislative Assembly seat earlier by BJP,[6] but was offered one from Ateli constituency in 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, a constituency in southern Haryana, where Rao Inderjit Singh has a very strong foothold. She defeated the BSP candidate Atar Lal[7] and became the member of assembly for the first time. In the Second Saini ministry, she was sworn in as a cabinet minister and allotted Health ministry portfolio. She is also the Minister of Medical Education & Research and the Minister of Ayush.[8]
