Satish Poonia
{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Satish Poonia
| image = Satish Poonia in November 2024.jpg
| office2 = Deputy Leader of the Opposition,
Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| term_start2 = 2 April 2023
| term_end2 = 3 December 2023
| predecessor2 = Rajendra Singh Rathore
| successor2 = Ramkesh Meena
| office3 = Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
| term_start3 = 11 December 2018
| term_end3 = 3 December 2023
| predecessor3 = Naveen Pilania
| successor1 =
| office = President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
| term_start = 15 September 2019
| term_end = 23 March 2023
| predecessor = Madan Lal Saini
| successor = Chandra Prakash Joshi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|24 October 1964}}
| birth_place = Rajgarh, Rajasthan, India
| constituency3 = Amber
| occupation =
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| successor3 = Prashant Sharma
| profession = Politician
| nationality = Indian
| sibling =
| website = [https://drsatishpoonia.com/en/home Dr Satish Poonia]
| caption = Poonia in November 2024
}}
Satish Subhashchandra Poonia (born 24 October 1964) is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He was member of the 15th Rajasthan Assembly from Amber. He served as the state president of Bharatiya Janata Party for Rajasthan. He briefly also served as deputy leader of the opposition in Rajasthan Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/jp-nadda-appoints-chittorgarh-mp-cp-joshi-as-rajasthan-bjp-president/articleshow/98941156.cms A party worker at the core] he has a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) background and is close to the rank of the Sangh Parivar.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/satish-poonia-first-jat-to-become-raj-bjp-president/articleshow/71131608.cms JP Nadda appoints Chittorgarh MP CP Joshi as Rajasthan BJP president][https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjp-appoints-mla-satish-poonia-as-rajasthan-unit-chief-2100970 BJP Appoints MLA Satish Poonia As Rajasthan Unit Chief][https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/sep/15/satish-poonia-as-state-bjp-chief-signals-vasundhara-rajes-total-marginalization-in-rajasthan-2034039.html Satish Poonia as state BJP chief signals Vasundhara Raje']
Early life and education
Poonia was born in Rajgarh, a small village in Churu district of Rajasthan.{{Cite web |last=archive |first=From our online |date=2019-09-15 |title=RSS a movement that can change India, world: Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/Sep/15/rss-a-movement-that-can-change-india-world-rajasthan-bjp-chief-satish-poonia-2033995.html |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} He graduated from Maharaja College in 1989. Later, he did L.L.B from Rajasthan University. He holds a diploma in labor law, criminology and Indian history and culture from Law College. In 1994, he finished M.Sc. in geography and after that did Ph.D. in geography from Rajasthan University.{{Cite web |title=Satish Poonia(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- AMBER(JAIPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/Rajasthan2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=17 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=www.myneta.info}}
Political career
=Mainstream politics =
Poonia worked as State General Secretary in Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan from 2004 to 2006 and as State Morcha in charge from 2006 to 2007. He has been the State General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party four times from 2004 to 2014 with various organisational responsibilities, from intensive migration from remote tribal areas to marginal desert areas, strengthening the party from village to village, and successfully led various political movements.
File:Satish Poonia at Meel marriage party in Sikar Rajasthan.jpg]]
In the year 2011, he was the convener of senior BJP leader L.K. Advani’s Jan Chetna Yatra. In 2013, contributed to the successful running of “Suraj Sankalp Yatra 2013” by then BJP State President Smt. Vasundhara Raje. He played a very important role in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha elections of 2010 and 2015.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
In the 2018 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, he secured victory in the Amber constituency. He defeated Prashant Sharma of the Indian National Congress (INC) by a margin of 13,276 votes.{{Cite web |date=2018-12-12 |title=Amber Assembly Election Result 2018: BJP's Satish Poonia won over Congress in Amber constituency |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/rajasthan-election/article/amber-assembly-constituency-election-2018-polls-rajasthan-vasundhara-raje-bharatiya-janata-party-bjp-congress-sachin-pilot-satish-punia-pranhant/319593 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=www.timesnownews.com |language=en}}
On 5 July 2023, he was announced as the state in-charge for Haryana for upcoming assembly polls.{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Nitin |last2= |first2= |date= |title=BJP appoints in-charges for various states including Vinod Tawde for Bihar, Satish Poonia for Haryana |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/bjp-appoints-new-state-in-charges-co-in-charges-vinod-tawde-bihar-srikant-sharma-himachal-pradesh-satish-poonia-haryana-laxmikant-bajpai-jharkhand-2024-07-05-940439 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=www.indiatvnews.com |language=en}}