Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Jalandhar
State : Punjab
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Master Gurbanta Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Sampuran Kaur
Date of birth : 18 Jun 1946
Profession : Advocate Businessperson
Positions held :
1978 - 1982 Senior Vice President, Punjab Youth Congress1987 - 1995 President, District Congress Committee, Jalandhar (Rural)1992 - 1997 & 2002 - 2007 Member, Punjab Legislative Assembly (Two Terms)1992 - 1995 General Secretary, Punjab Congress Legislature PartyChairman, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes and Committee on Subordinate Legislation of Punjab Vidhan SabhaChief Parliamentary Secretary (Incharge of Rural Development & panchayats, Parliamentary Affairs and Power Departments)Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Punjab Cabinet Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Govt. of Punjab1997 - 1998 General Secretary, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee2002 Cabinet Minister for Social Security, Women & Child Development, Social Welfare, Medical Education and Research Department, Govt. of Punjab2004 - 2010 Vice President, Punjab Pradesh Congress CommitteeMay 2014 Elected to 16th Lok Sabha14 Aug. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on Social Justice and EmpowermentMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty AlleviationMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (2nd term)24 July 2019 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment13 Sept. 2020 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
President, Shri Guru Ravidass Educational Institutions, Jalandhar; Member Senate, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (1992-94); Member, Central Board of Film Certification (2012-2014)
