Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Jaunpur
State : Uttar Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri Swami Dharmanand
Mother's Name : Smt. Ram Shree
Date of birth : 03 Mar 1947
Profession :
Positions held :
1991 Elected to 10th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Committee on Telecommunications1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development and its Sub-Committee-I on Value-based EducationMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural DevelopmentMember, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development SchemeMember, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development24 May 2003- onwards Union State Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs
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Books Published
i) ‘Upanishad Saar’, (ii) ‘Geeta Bodh’, (iii) ‘Bhakti Vaibhav’, (iv) ‘Parmaarth Path’, (v) ‘App Dipo Bhav’, (vi) ‘Athato Satya Jigajasa’, (vii) ‘Arvind Ka Ati Maanav Vaad’, and (viii) ‘Andhere Mein Bhatakti Atma’ (Auto-biography) (all in Hindi)
Social And Cultural Activities
Associated with several spiritual, cultural and educational organisations
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, writing, preaching, travelling, gardening and yoga
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Member, (i) Central Board of Secondary Education; (ii) Hindi Shiksha Samiti, 1998-99; and (iii) Central Sanskrit Shiksha Board
