Here are some of the profiles of ministers of state:
Rijiju was first elected to Lok Sabha in 2004 and again in 2014 and 2019 from Arunachal-West constituency. PTI ACB
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He was, however, defeated by the Congress candidate in the assembly polls in 2011. He then won the Lok Sabha election three years later. PTI ESB/ACB
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He was a Rajya Sabha member from 2008 to 2014. In 2016 he was again nominated to the upper house of Parliament. PTI PD KRK
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But after then state BJP president Devendra Fadnavis became Maharashtra chief minister in November 2014, Danve took over reins of the party's state unit. PTI ND KRK
As the state's health minister, he once hit the headlines for advocating dismemberment of government doctors who played truant. PTI NAC SNS
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The 60-year-old Adivasi face of the BJP in the state had also served as a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, where he handled parliamentary and tribal affairs portfolios. PTI MAS LAL RSY
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He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1999. In 2004, he made his Lok Sabha debut. PTI ND KRK
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He retained his seat in the recent general elections wherein he defeated former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha by over 2.77 lakh votes. PTI NAC SNS