H. Raja

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ஹெச். ராஜா
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National Secretary, BJP
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Chairman, Passenger Amenities Committee, Ministry of Railways (India)
Incumbent
Assumed office November, 2014
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	N. Sundaram
Succeeded by	N. Sundaram
Constituency	Karaikudi
Personal details
Born	(1957-09-29) September 29, 1957 Melattur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Spouse	Smt. Lalitha
Residence(s)	Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Madurai Kamaraj University
Profession	Chartered Accountant, Politician

H. Raja (b.1957) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He graduated from Madurai Kamaraj University. A practicing chartered accountant, Raja is a law graduate and had represented Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) of Karaikudi in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006. He is the present national secretary of the Bhartiya Janata Party.

Political career

H. Raja is a native of Karaikudi, he was a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist before he joined the BJP in 1989. He also heads the Passenger Amenties Committee, which approved the printing of passenger train tickets in regional languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati and Odiya.

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Participation in the investor awareness program (Ministry of Corporate affairs)

He supports Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. He actively participates in debates and explains the welfare schemes of Government of India, such as Make in India, Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (aims at benefitting seven crore entrepreneurs with more than Rs 1.22 lakh crore had been set apart to provide aid to unemployed youth through banks to take up ventures), Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (Poor man's friendly scheme with more than 20 crore bank accounts had been opened), Atal Pension Yojana and Selva Magal Savings scheme ((தமிழ்:செல்வ மகள் சேமிப்பு திட்டம்) Sukanya Samriddhi Account) .

Railway Board

H. Raja is the president of Railway Board, which addresses the grievances of the passengers and ensures the cleanliness, hygiene and safety of the passengers.

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Chairing the Passenger Amenities Meeting

Elections

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

H.Raja had represented MLA of Karaikudi in the Tamil Nadu Assembly from 2001 to 2006.

Year	Election	Party	Constituency	Result	Votes gained	Vote %
2001	Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sivaganga	Winner	54,093	48.40%

2016 Assembly elections

The BJP and its allies contested without the alliance of DMK and ADMK. Raja himself contested in T. Nagar assesmbly constituency and gained 19,888 votes despite stiff opposition.

Lok Sabha Elections

Despite prominent political parties in Tamilnadu, the BJP led rainbow alliance was able to significantly gain 18.5% vote in tamilnadu. H. Raja himself contested in Sivaganga Parliament constituency and gained 1,33,763 votes. He was runner up in the 2014 parliament elections at Sivaganga. The BJP party performed better in the elections and was able to be runner up in ten seats out of the thirty nine constituencies apart from winning two seats.

Year	Election	Party	PC Name	Result	Votes gained	Vote %
1999	13th Lok Sabha	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sivaganga	Runner	2,22,267	36.34%
2014	16th Lok Sabha	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sivaganga	3rd place	1,33,763	13.02%

Raja Sharma contested for the post of Chairman of Tamil Nadu Bharat Scouts and Guides in 2017 and was able to get only 52 votes.

Personal

Raja, a native of Thanjavur, was a lawyer and a practising chartered accountant before he entered politics. Schooled in RSS ideologies since childhoood, he joined the BJP in the 1980's and went on to assume several roles - district convenor in 1991, followed by state secretary , state general secretary and then three years ago, national secretary.