Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Fatehgarh Sahib
State : Punjab
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Sardar Kartar Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Chand Kaur
Date of birth : 07 Nov 1932
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
1985-88 Member, Punjab Legislative AssemblyJul. 1998 Elected to Rajya Sabha1998 - Mar. 2001 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1999-2001 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, Comittee on Subordinate Legislation2002 -2004 Member, Committee on Labour and WelfareMember, Committee on Government Assurences2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaMember, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Energy7 Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on MPLADS16 Mar. 2009 Resigned on 16 March, 20092009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Public Undertakings31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
More Information :
Special Interests
Listening to religious preachings by Gurus (Gurubani)
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Sports and agriculture
Countries Visited
Pakistan, Taiwan and U.S.A.
Other Information
Chairman,(i) Scheduled Castes Welfare Corporation , Punjab, Dec. 1997-June 1998; and (ii) Baba Zorabar Singh Fateh Singh Public School, Kottan, Distt. Ludhiana since April 1998; Secretary, Mata Khalsa College for Girls, Kottan, District Ludhiana since June 1997; Member (i) Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) - 1979 onwards ;(ii) Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority, December 2000; (iii) Board Gurdwara Sahib Sach Khand Shri Abchal Nagar Hazur Sahib Nanded, Maharashtra.