Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Pali
State : Rajasthan
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
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Positions Held : 1969-71 President, Jan Sangh, Rajasthan 1972-77 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Chairman, Committee on Petitions and Committee on Delegated Legislation, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Member, Business Advisory Committee and Panel of Chairman, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Leader, Jan Sangh Legislature Party, Rajasthan 1978-88 Judge, Rajasthan High Court 1988 Chief Justice, Guwahati High Court, Guwahati 1989 Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) 1989 onwards Member, National Executive, B.J.P. 1989-91 Chairman, Committee on Subordinate Legislation Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Law and Justice 1990-91 Member, General Purposes Committee 1991 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) 1992-94 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation 1992-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time
Books Published : 'Law, Morality and Politics' 'Judiciary, Fumes, Flames and Fire', (in English); 'Nyayapalika ki Agni Pariksha'; 'Nyayapalika: Aavshyakta Sampurn Kayakalap Ki', 'Hey Parth! Pran Palan Karo', (in Hindi)
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments : Introduced 'Post Card' writs in Judiciary and Lok articles
Social and Cultural Activities : President, All India Lodha Samaj; Recipient of 'Jain Ratna', 'Samaj Ratna' and 'Lodha Ratna' titles
Special Interests : Service to nation, social service and legal aid work
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Reading and writing
Sports and Clubs : Badminton and kabaddi
Countries Visited : France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information : Participated and arrested in Freedom Struggle, 1942; also imprisoned for participation in RSS movement in 1948, Bangladesh agitation, Anti-price rise agitation, Gadra and other such agitations; detention during Emergency, 1975; represented Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, 1975-76 held in Delhi; suffered imprisonment at Saharanpur jail for participation in Ramjanam Bhumi Ayodhya agitation; was arrested in Gohatya Virodhi Andolans; Legal Practitioner, 1951-78; President, Rajasthan High Court Advocates' Association; Member, Bar Council of Rajasthan; participated in the tricolour flag hosting at Lal Chowk, Srinagar on 26 January, 1992 at the conclusion of Ekta Yatra from Kanya kumari to Srinagar
Election Result : Pali Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 10,70,655 Total votes polled 3,73,853 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri Gumanmal Lodha (B.J.P.) 1,42,356 (2) Shri Mitha Lal Jain (Ind.) 1,27,885 (3) Ch. Dharmi Chand (I.N.C.) 41,344 (4) Shri Sukh Lal Saincha [A.I.I.C.(T)] 7,878