PM Modi wishes Harsh Vardhan on birthday, calls him 'hardworking & diligent administrator'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished Union Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, on eve of his birthday. PM Modi took to Twitter to wish Union Minister and called him a diligent and hardworking administrator. 

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About Dr Harsh Vardhan

Dr Harsh Vardhan is Union Minister handling several portfolios such as Health & Family Welfare, Science & Techlogy, Earth Sciences. Vardhan is also an ENT Surgeon by qualification and has also been an advisor to World Health Organization (WHO) in past. union minister represents Chandni Chowk in Delhi as a Member of Parliament in 17th Lok Sabha and has been an incumbent minister at Ministry of Science & Techlogy, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Earth Sciences in BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Pulse Polio Program

Harsh Vardhan as State Minister of Health in 1994 was successful in overseeing implementation of pilot project of Pulse Polio Programme that involved mass immunisation of 1 million children up to 3 years of in Delhi. After successful pilot project in Delhi, Polio program was launched nation-wide in 1995 that led to  immunization of 8.8 crore children across country.

Vardhan has also been Chief Ministerial candidate of BJP in 2013 Delhi assembly election in which BJP emerged as single largest party with 31 out of 70 seat assembly. BJP could t form government n as y fell short of an absolute majority. In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Vardhan contested Chandni Chowk seat in Delhi where he defeated incumbent Union Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice, Kapil Sibal of Congress.

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