Office: | Minister of state for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution |
Term Start: | 9 June 2024 |
Primeminister: | Narendra Modi |
1Blankname: | Minister |
1Namedata: | Pralhad Joshi |
Office1: | Minister of state for Social Justice & Empowerment |
Term Start1: | 9 June 2024 |
Primeminister1: | Narendra Modi |
1Blankname1: | Minister |
1Namedata1: | Virendra Khatik |
Office2: | Minister of state for Development of North Eastern Region |
Term Start2: | 7 July 2021 |
Term End2: | 9 June 2024 |
Primeminister2: | Narendra Modi |
1Blankname2: | Minister |
1Namedata2: | G. Kishan Reddy |
Office3: | Minister of state for Co-operation |
Term Start3: | 7 July 2021 |
Term End3: | 9 June 2024 |
Primeminister3: | Narendra Modi |
1Blankname3: | Minister |
1Namedata3: | Amit Shah |
Office4: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Termstart4: | 26 November 2020 |
Predecessor4: | Veer Singh |
Constituency4: | Uttar Pradesh |
Birth Date: | 1961 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Ujhani, Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Children: | 1 son, 2 daughters |
Father: | Panna Lal Verma |
Mother: | Bhagya Wati Devi |
Residence: | Badaun district, Uttar Pradesh |
Education: | Master of Arts |
Alma Mater: | Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya |
Banwari Lal Verma, also known as B. L. Verma, is an Indian politician and current Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.
Shri B.L. Verma Ji belongs to the Ujhani in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh. His father's name is Shri Panna Lal Verma, who was a farmer. Verma is also a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Indian Parliament.
Shri B. L. Verma Ji in 2021 took charge as the Minister of State in Development of North East Region Ministry and Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India.
Verma started off as a party worker from Badaun. He holds the charge of state vice-president since 2018. He is a prominent leader among the OBC Lodhi community in western UP. Verma is a former president of the Braj region. He is considered as a close-aide former CM Kalyan Singh.[1] [2] [3]
He also holds the post of chairman of UP State Construction Development Corporation Limited (UP Samaj Kalyan Nirman Nigam) which has the same status as of a Minister of State.[4] [5] [6]