Rajiv Jasrotia

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Rajiv Jasrotia
Born (1973-10-26) 26 October 1973 (age 50)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Politician, social worker
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party

Rajiv Jasrotia (born 26 October 1973) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Jasrotia was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from the Kathua constituency.[1] He headed Municipal committee of Hiranagar for four years. He was the Minister for Forest, Environment, and Ecology of Jammu and Kashmir[2] in a PDP-BJP coalition government in for a short period of over 6 weeks until the coalition failed on 19 June 2018. He courted controversy after participating in a rally in support of the accused in the kathua rape case.[3]

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  1. ^ "Rajiv Jasrotia (Bhartiya Janta Party(BJP)):Constituency (KATHUA) -Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
  2. ^ "Forest Deptt to undertake mega tree plantation drive in Jammu: Jasrotia". statetimes.in.
  3. ^ "BJP ends alliance with PDP; Can't treat J&K as enemy territory, says Mehbooba after resigning". The Economic Times.