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University of Rajasthan.
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Om Prakash Mathur
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Career
Initially he was groomed by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat but later he became a leader on his own in Bharatiya Janata Party He was a Pracharak with the Royal Statistical Society, UK and later General SecretaryIn charge of the Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party After, Narendra Modi"s electoral victory he was made the president of Rajasthan state unit of the party, however he had to tender his resignation after the Bharatiya Janata Party lost elections in Rajasthan. The defeat is accredited to his policy of giving tickets to new faces in Rajasthan instead of the mass leaders from the old school. His policy was based on a hypothesis that junior leaders would toe the party dictats unlike mass leaders who had their own following, as a result of the same many leaders like Doctor Kirorilal Meena either left the Party or were expelled as they contensted against party candidates.
His close lieutinents in the Rajasthan include Srikishan Songara, Shankar Singh Rajpurohit and Sunil Singhi in Gujarat.
He remained close to the organisation and never fought any elections except Rajya Sabha election. He is from the village Bedal, near Falna in Bali tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.
Born in 1952 he studied Bachelor of Arts.at Rajasthan University, Jaipur. April 2008 Elected to Rajya Sabha May 2008 onwards Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
Associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Royal Statistical Society, UK) as a Pracharak since 1972.
General-Secretary (ORG), Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan, 1990–2002.
In charge, Bharatiya Janata Party units in the States of Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, 2002–2008. All India General-Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2005–2008. Appointed State President, B.J.P, Rajasthan in January 2008 and resigned after defeat of the party in state.
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Bharatiya Janata Party