After 2 Rajya Sabha Stints, Mansukh Mandaviya To Make Lok Sabha Polls Debut

Known as "Green MP" for his penchant for cycling to Parliament, Mansukh Mandaviya, 51, has been steadily rising through the party ranks. He currently heads the ministries of health and chemicals and fertilizers.

Actively associated with the BJP since his youth, Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya will be fighting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time after being a Rajya Sabha member for two terms.

He has been fielded from Porbandar in Gujarat, according to the BJP's first list of candidates released on Saturday.

Known as "Green MP" for his penchant for cycling to Parliament, Mansukh Mandaviya, 51, has been steadily rising through the party ranks. He currently heads the ministries of health and chemicals and fertilizers.