Tarun Chugh is an Indian politician currently serving as the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)..[1][2]

Political Career

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Chugh's career in politics began with the RSS.

1995: State General Secretary, BJP Youth Wing Punjab & National Executive Member of Yuva Morcha.

1997: State President, BJP Youth Wing Punjab & National Executive Member of Yuva Morcha.

2005: State Media & State Training Cell, BJP.

2007: State BJP Training Cell Organizer.

2009: Vice Chairman of Punjab Youth Development Board Department, Youth Services as Chief Parliamentary Secretary Rank.

2013: General Secretary, BJP Punjab, in charge of Doaba Zone (11 District Units) & In-charge BJP Youth Wing, Punjab.

2019: In-charge Andaman Nicobar & Co-In-Charge Delhi State BJP.[3][4]

2020: BJP Telangana state in-charge[5]

2022: Tarun Chugh gets second term as Telangana BJP in-charge[6]

2024: Appointed as election incharge for BJP in Jammu-Kashmir, Ladakh.[7][8]

Present: National General Secretary, BJP.[9][10][11][12][13]

In 1993, Chugh was chosen as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) for the district of Amritsar. He works five years (1989-1994) as District Secretary and State Executive member of ABVP.

Chugh has contested from the Amritsar Central Assembly Constituency of Punjab, against Om Parkash Soni in 2012 and 2017 and lost in the elections[14][15][16]. In 2013, Tarun Chugh has appointed as the in-charge of Doaba zone.[17]

he has written a book Modi's Governance Triumph: Reshaping India's Path to Prosperity[18][19][20]

References

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  1. ^ https://tarunchughbjp.in/
  2. ^ https://www.bjp.org/national-general-secretary
  3. ^ Hebbar, Nistula (27 January 2024). "Lok Sabha polls: BJP appoints election in-charges, co-in-charges for 23 States, Union Territories". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "Tarun Chugh asks CM Kejriwal to clarify on whose behest attack on MP Swati Maliwal was carried out by his former personal secy".
  5. ^ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/090922/tarun-chugh-gets-second-term-as-ts-bjp-in-charge.html in-charge
  6. ^ "Tarun Chugh gets second term as TS BJP in-charge". 9 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Tarun Chug appointed as election incharge for BJP in J-K, Ladakh". 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ "BJP geared up for upcoming assembly elections in J-K, says BJP's Tarun Chugh".
  9. ^ https://www.bjp.org/hi/video-gallery/bjp-national-general-secretary-shri-tarun-chugh-addresses-press-conference-bjp-head
  10. ^ "Budget sets in new era of growth and development to make India leading economy in world : Tarun Chugh".
  11. ^ https://www.bhaskar.com/local/haryana/faridabad/news/faridabad-bjp-national-general-secretary-tarun-chugh-congress-call-expired-injection-haryana-news-133325464.html
  12. ^ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-names-24-leaders-to-oversee-states-including-poll-bound-haryana-jharkhand-101720184603429.html
  13. ^ Ashiq, Peerzada (8 May 2024). "BJP ramps up poll campaign to dislodge Abdullahs, Mufti in Kashmir". The Hindu.
  14. ^ "Tarun Chugh's political career at stake after loss". The Times of India. 12 March 2017.
  15. ^ https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/amritsar-s-first-mayor-soni-of-cong-pitted-against-bjp-s-chugh-117012500280_1.html
  16. ^ "Amritsar's first Mayor Om Prakash Soni of Congress pitted against BJP's Tarun Chugh". The Economic Times. 25 January 2017.
  17. ^ https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/bjp-appoints-zonal-district-in-charge/story-eYA1MkojDNJSCJ0q80ufaM.html
  18. ^ "Tarun Chugh's book, "Modi's Governance Triumph: Reshaping India's Path to Prosperity" unveiled". The Hindu.
  19. ^ "Amit Shah releases Tarun Chugh's book 'Modi's Governance Triumph: Reshaping India's Path to Prosperity'".
  20. ^ ""New districts to open vast avenues of growth, prosperity in Ladakh": BJP's Tarun Chugh".