Nihalchand

Nihal Chand (born 4 February 1971) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been elected as a Member of Parliament four times from the Ganganagar constituency. He is a union minister of state in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He is also known as Nihalchand Chauhan and Nihalchand Meghwal.
Early life
Nihal Chand was born in a Meghwal Scheduled Caste family. His father Bega Ram was a Swatantra Party MLA from Raisinghnagar. He married Jyoti in 1992; the couple has two children.
Political career
In 1995, at the age of 24, Nihal Chand was elected as the "Panchayat Director" of Nanuwala, Sardarpura Bika and Bagicha. He was also elected as the pradhan (chief) of the Raisinghnagar panchayat committee. In 1996, he became the youngest Member of Parliament (MP) from Rajasthan at the age of 25. He was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament...