Ashok Gehlot

Ashok Gehlot (Gilli Billi)

Politician

03/05/1951
Physical Stats

5'7"

Hazel Green

75 Kg

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Male

Personal Life

Mahamandir, Jodhpur, India

Taurus

Hinduism

Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Laws

Masters in Economics

Mahamandir

Jodhpur

India

Indian

Family

Babu Laxman Singh Gehlot

Kanwar Sen Gehlot (died in 2018)

Sunita Gehlot

Vaibhav Gehlot

Sonia

Relationship

Married

Sunita Gehlot

Political Career

Indian National Congress

1947: President of the Rajasthan unit of NSUI.

1979: Appointed as the President of City District Congress Committee Jodhpur.

1980: Elected to the 7th Lok Sabha from Jodhpur parliamentary constituency and represented the Jodhpur constituency in 8th

10th

11th and 12th Lok Sabha.

1980: Elected as the Member of Public Accounts Committee.

1982: Appointed as the General Secretary

Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee.

1982: Elected as the Union Deputy Minister

Department of Tourism.

1983: Became the Union Deputy Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation

1984: Served as the Union Deputy Minister for Department of Sports.

1985

1994

1997

Became the President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee.

1991: Appointed to the Consultative Committee on Communication (Lok Sabha).

1991: Became a member of the Standing Committee on Railway (10th & 11th Lok Sabha).

1998: Became the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.

1999: Appointed as an MLA from Sardarpura (Jodhpur) assembly constituency.

2008: Served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan again.

2017: Elected the General Secretary of All India Congress Committee.

Vasundhara Raje

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Money Factor

6.5 Crore

Additional Information

Some Facts About Ashok Gehlot


  • Ashok Gehlot was highly influenced by the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi from a very young age.  

  • During the East Bengali refugee crisis in 1971, he gave his services in the refugee camps in the eastern Indian states. During one of her visits to the refugee camps, former PM Indira Gandhi recognized his organizational skills. 

  • Gehlot was a student leader who was appointed as the first State President of NSUI (National Students Union of India), the Congress student wing in the Rajasthan unit. 

  • As a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), he represents Sardarpura constituency of Jodhpur since 1999.

  • He was a Union Minister under former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and P.V. Narasimha Rao.

  • He has been elected five times as a Lok Sabha member. 

  • In December 2018, he was elected as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for the third time. 

  • He is the former National General Secretary of INC.

  • During Karnataka Assembly polls during May 2019, he alongside Ghulam Nabi Azad was crucial in creating a post-poll alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular) to form the govt.

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