Telugu Desam Party’s Chandra Shekhar Bemmasani has been named the richest minister in the Modi 3.0 cabinet. Who is he? Let’s see what his background is.
The BJP, which won 240 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections and emerged as the single largest party, formed the government with the support of other parties in the NDA alliance. Prime Minister Modi took oath as Prime Minister for the third time today.
This is the first time after Nehru that a person has been elected for a third term in our country. Other ministers also took oath with him. A total of 72 people were sworn in as Ministers and Deputy Ministers.
Chandra Shekhar Bemmasani: Chandra Shekhar Bemmasani from Andhra Pradesh’s Telugu Desam Party was also sworn in as a minister today. He won the Guntur constituency of Andhra Pradesh in 2024 Lok Sabha election and now he is the richest MP in the country.. Now he has been sworn in as Union Joint Minister, he has got the name of the richest Union Minister in the country.
₹5,705 crore: All candidates will have to file an affidavit detailing their assets while contesting Lok Sabha elections. Accordingly, in the affidavit filed by him, it is noted that the property value of his family is ₹5,705 crore. Who is this person who has now emerged as the richest minister of the country.. Let us see his background.
In the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Chandra Shekhar contested from the Guntur constituency on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party. Chandra Shekhar, who got 8.64 lakh votes, defeated YSRC Congress candidate Kilari Venkata Rosaiah by a margin of about 3.4 lakh votes. Now he is also in the central cabinet.
Doctor: Chandra Shekhar is a doctor by profession.. His family has assets of more than ₹5,705 crore.. He is currently the richest MP elected to parliament. Even before he entered politics directly, his family has been supporting the Telugu Desam Party for generations.
Hailing from Puribalam village in Denali district, Chandra Shekhar secured the 27th national rank in EAMCET in 1993-94, after which he joined Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, where he obtained his MBBS degree. Subsequently, he received his MD from Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania, USA.
Study in USA: Worked as a doctor at Johns Hopkins University-Sinai Hospital there for about five years. He also taught medicine to the students there. After that he came to India and looked after the family businesses. In 2003, he started an online learning company called UWorld and successfully ran it. Now he is jumping directly into politics.
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