DIYA KUMARI

Diya Kumari currently serves as Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan and holds key portfolios including Finance, Tourism, Women & Child Development, Public Works, and Parliamentary Affairs. Her leadership has focused on improving infrastructure, strengthening the state economy, promoting tourism, and creating greater opportunities for women and youth.

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Public service, year by year

Three elected offices, a state party role and the Deputy Chief Minister’s seat. Select a year to read more.

Joined the Bharatiya Janata Party

Where it began: a Jaipur rally, 10 September.

Joined the BJP at a public rally in Jaipur in the presence of Narendra Modi (then Chief Minister of Gujarat), BJP president Rajnath Singh and Vasundhara Raje.

MLA, Sawai Madhopur

A first election, a first win, and a cause close to her work.

Won the Sawai Madhopur seat in the December 2013 Assembly elections, her first contest. She did not contest in 2018.

Brand ambassador of the Rajasthan Government’s Save the Girl Child campaign (Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao), speaking for girls’ education and against female foeticide.

Member of Parliament, Rajsamand

Voted in by a margin of over 5.5 lakh.

Sent to the 17th Lok Sabha from Rajsamand in 2019, winning by over 5.5 lakh votes.

Became a member of the National Tiger Conservation Authority in August 2019.
Served until December 2023, when she moved to the State Assembly.

General Secretary (Mahamantri), Rajasthan BJP

Taking the party’s message to people across the state.

Appointed to the state office-bearer team under state president Satish Poonia, and retained in the role when C. P. Joshi took over as state president in 2023.

Through these years she addressed the media and joined party campaigns and protests across Rajasthan.

Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan

Guiding Finance, Tourism, Public Works and more for the state.

Elected MLA from Vidhyadhar Nagar in December 2023 by a margin of 71,368 votes, and sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister on 15 December 2023.

Portfolios: Finance; Tourism; Art, Literature, Culture and Archaeology; Public Works; Women and Child Development; Child Empowerment.
Presented the Rajasthan Budget 2026–27 in the State Assembly in February 2026.

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