Sanjay Seth (born 25 August 1959) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who has served as Union Minister of State for Defence since June 2024. He has represented Ranchi, Jharkhand, in the Lok Sabha since 2019.
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25 Aug
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Politician (Union Minister Of State For Defence; Lok Sabha MP, Ranchi); Social Worker
Neeta Seth (m. 1983)
1980–present
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Union Minister of State for Defence (since 2024); MP, Ranchi
Ranchi, Jharkhand
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Married
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Indian Rupees
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Seth was long active in Ranchi's trade bodies: he was secretary and later president (1993) of the Ranchi Motor Dealers Association, held senior posts in the Chotanagpur Chamber of Commerce and Industries, and was president of the Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries in 1999–2000. He served two terms on the local board of the State Bank of India (1999–2005). According to his Lok Sabha profile, he took part in the Ayodhya movement in 1992.
He was chairman of the Jharkhand State Khadi and Village Industries Board from 2016 to 2019. In 2019 he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Ranchi. In 2024 he retained the seat with 6,64,732 votes, defeating Congress candidate Yashaswini Sahay by 1,20,512 votes, and on 10 June 2024 was sworn in as Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence in the Modi government.
Seth runs the Namo Book Bank, which according to his Lok Sabha profile has distributed over 3.6 lakh books, as well as the Namo Toy Bank for anganwadi centres and a Namo e-library and cyber-safety centre in Ranchi.
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