Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Biography, Birth, Education, Wife, Children, Controversies, Political Career & More

Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the CM of Uttarakhand from 2009 to 2011.

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He is currently a member of parliament in the 1st Lok sabha. He also represented the Haridwar constituency in Uttarakhand in the Lok sabha. In 2012, he won the seat for the second time. He was later appointed as the minister of human resource development.

Paramanand pokhriyal is his father and vishambhari devi is his mother. Ramesh pokhriyal married kusum kant pokhriyal in May 1985, with whom he has three daughters. One of their daughters, aarushi nishank pant, is an amazing classical dancer. In 2012 his wife died in Dehradun.

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Real Name	Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank
Profession	Indian Politician
Date of Birth	15 July 1959 (age 61)
Birthplace	Pinani, Uttarakhand, India
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Zodiac sign	Libra
Religion	Hinduism
Political Inclination	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Family, Parents, Siblings

Marital Status	Married
Wife/ Spouse	Kusum Kanta Pokhriyal (died 2012)
Children	Son- None Daughter- 3 Aarushi Nishank Pant (Indian Classical Dancer) Shreyasi Nishank Vidushi Nishank
Parents	Father- Paramanand Pokhriyal Mother- Vishambhari Devi
Siblings	Not Know

Education
He did his education at hemavati nandan bahuguna garhwal university.

Career and Achievements

He started his career as a teacher at the Saraswati Shishu mandir. As a member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly from the Karna Prayag constituency in 1991, he was first elected to public office in undivided Uttar Pradesh as well as lost five times. He was re-elected from the same seat in 1993 and 1996. In 1997, he was appointed minister of northern development. He was also the chief minister of Uttarakhand from 2009 to 2011 and served as a member of the 117th Session of the Lok sabha as well as chairman of the assurance committee. He is the representative of Haridwar constituency in the Lok sabha.

Ramesh pokhriyal was also a member of the legislative assembly as well as Uttarakhand for five consecutive terms from 1991 to 2012. In 1991, he was first elected to the Karna Prayag ward and served three consecutive terms. In 2014, He resigned from doiwala and was elected to the Haridwar Lok sabha. On 30 May 2019, he was sworn in as the minister of human resource development in the second Modi government. After the renaming of the ministry in July 2020, he took over as education minister.

Controversies

In 2014, when pokhriyal demanded in a statement in parliament that astrology should be promoted, he said that astrology is the greatest science. It is actually above science and we should promote it. Speaking of lord Ganesha, he said that the ancient Indians had the knowledge to replace the severed.