Former Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan Bids Adieu to Politics; To Return To Medical Practice

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP MP and former Union Minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday announced that he was quitting active politics, a day after he was denied a ticket by the saffron party in its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

In an extensive post on his X handle, Harsh Vardhan, 69, detailed his long political career spanning over three decades, during which he won all five assembly polls as well as two parliamentary elections.

“After over thirty years of a glorious electoral career, during which I won all the five assembly and two parliamentary elections that I fought with exemplary margins, and held a multitude of prestigious positions in the party organisation and the governments at the state and centre,” the former Union Health Minister said in his post, adding “I finally bow out to return to my roots,” indicating he was mulling a return to his medical profession.