{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder|birth_date={{birth date and age|1966|01|21|df=yes}}|party=Bharatiya Janata Party| office = Cabinet Minister, Government of Himachal Pradesh | term_start = 27 December 2017 | term_end = 8 December 2022 | predecessor = | successor = | governor = Acharya Devvrat <br/>Kalraj Mishra <br/> Bandaru Dattatreya <br/> Rajendra Arlekar | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Jai Ram Thakur | subterm = '''Cabinet''' | suboffice = Jai Ram Thakur ministry | 2blankname = Ministry and Departments | 2namedata = * Social Justice & Empowerment * Urban Development * Housing * Town & Country Planning | office2 = Member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly | constituency2 = Shahpur | term_start2 = 31 December 2007 | term_end2 = 8 December 2022 | predecessor3 = Ram Rattan | successor3 = Vijai Singh Mankotia | term_start3 = 28 February 1998 | term_end3 = 26 February 2003 | predecessor2 = Vijai Singh Mankotia | successor2 = Kewal Singh | constituency3 = Shahpur}} '''Sarveen Choudhary''' (born 1966) is an Indian politician, from the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. She is an MLA from Shahpur. She is the cabinet minister in Bharatiya Janata Party ministry in Himachal Pradesh holding Urban, Town & Country Planning departments. In Dhumal Government she was minister of Social Justice and empowerment. She was elected to Himachal Pradesh Assembly from Kangra.<ref name="Mohan, 2017">{{cite news |last1=Mohan |first1=Lalit |title=BJP faces anti-incumbency, Cong remains divided |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/bjp-faces-anti-incumbency-cong-remains-divided/477963.html |accessdate=18 October 2017 |work=The Tribune (Chandigarh) |date=6 October 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171018223413/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/bjp-faces-anti-incumbency-cong-remains-divided/477963.html |archivedate=18 October 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Mohan, 2012">{{cite news |last1=Mohan |first1=Lalit |title=Shanta Kumar faction wiped out in Kangra district |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121221/himachal.htm#5 |accessdate=18 October 2017 |work=The Tribune (Chandigarh) |agency=Tribune News Service |date=20 December 2012 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171018223429/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20121221/himachal.htm%235#5 |archivedate=18 October 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Thakur, 2017">{{cite news |last1=Thakur |first1=Naresh K |title=BJP choice clear; scramble delays Cong decision |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/bjp-choice-clear-scramble-delays-cong-decision/story-GixEEpwA2yB8BJLi6D2aOP.html |accessdate=18 October 2017 |work=Hindustan Times |date=26 February 2014 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171018224006/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/bjp-choice-clear-scramble-delays-cong-decision/story-GixEEpwA2yB8BJLi6D2aOP.html |archivedate=18 October 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She is elected from Shahpur Vidhansabha constituency.
She took part in Nehru Yuva Kendra and N.S.S. activities during student life; participated in folk dance competitions at National and International level; and remained best Folk Dancer, Punjab University for five years.
Active worker, R.S.S.; entered politics in the year 1992; remained Mandal Pradhan, Mahila Morcha, B.J.P., 1992–94; Member, State Executive B.J.P. since 1993; and President, Bhartiya Janata Party, Kangra district, 1995–97. Elected to State Legislative Assembly in 1998; re-elected in 2007; remained Parliamentary Secretary, 03-11-1998 to March 2003; Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment from 09-01-2008 to December 2013.
She was elected to the State Legislative Assembly for a fourth time in December 2017.
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