Harish Chaudhary

Chaudhary Harish Singh Godara (Hindi: हरीश चौधरी; Punjabi: ਹਰੀਸ਼ ਚੌਧਰੀ) (born 13 May 1970), popularly known as "Harishji" in his Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, is a farmer leader and politician serving as the incharge of Indian National Congress organisation in Punjab and Chandigarh and Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Baytu constituency of Barmer district in Rajasthan as an Indian National Congress party candidate which he won in the 2018 legislative assembly elections. He has also served as the Cabinet Minister of Revenue, Colonization and Water Cooperation of Rajasthan for about 3 years. He had won Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from the Barmer-Jaisalmer constituency in Rajasthan. But in 2014 elections, he lost. He was National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee till 2014–2019.

Early life and education
Chaudhary was born on 13 May 1970 in Family of Jugata Ram Godara, Railway Officer & Prominent Chaudhary of that time at Ladhaniyon Ki Dhani, Baytoo Panji village of Baytoo tehsil in Barmer district of Rajasthan in a Hindu Jat family.

Political career
Harish Chaudhary launched a massive agitation in July–August 2022 against the circular issued by the Vasundhara Raje government of Rajasthan in 2018 regarding OBC reservation, in which former MP of Barmer Jaisalmer and BJP leader Col. Sonaram Chaudhary assist him.

He bring his main rival from his assembly constituency Baytu Ummeda Ram Beniwal of RLP into Congress & Beniwal faught election on Congress ticket from Barmer Jaisalmer Balotra Loksabha Constituency.