Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey has been administered the oath of office as Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare by the President of India.
Shri Choubey Elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly for five consecutive terms, Choubey, 64, coined the slogan “Ghar-ghar me ho shouchalaya ka nirman, tabhi hoga ladli bitiya ka kanyadaan” and helped in constructing 11,000 toilets for Mahadalit families.
Shri Choubey represents Bihar’s Buxar in the Lok Sabha and was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Estimates, Standing Committee on Energy and Consultative Committee on Health and Family Welfare. He is also a member of Central Silk Board.
Shri Choubey held portfolios such as urban development, PHED and health both in NDA I (2005-2010) and NDA II (2010-2013).A Bachelors in Zoology from Science College, Patna University, Choubey has also authored a book Kedarnath Trasadi based on the 2013 deluge in Uttarakhand. Choubey along with his family had escaped the Kedarnath floods.
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