He was elected as a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Member of Parliament from Jodhpur, is the new Minister of Culture and Tourism, Govt. of India.
On 3 September 2017 he was appointed Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. He defeated Vaibhav Gehlot, the son of Ashok Gehlot, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan from Jodhpur by a margin of 2.74 lakh votes in 2019 Indian general elections. Shekhawat became the Minister of Jal Shakti on 31 May 2019
He was elected as a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014, with the highest ever winning margin from the constituency of Jodhpur. One of his major achievements during his tenure as an MP has been the expansion of the Jodhpur Airport, a demand that had continuously been raised during the last 18 years.
