Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Tonk-SC
State : Rajasthan
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Bherulal
Mother's Name : Smt. Motibai
Date of birth : 22 Mar 1934
Profession : Advocate
Positions held :
1962 Joint Secretary, Praja Socialist Party. Rajasthan1969-1975 Joint Secretary,Bharatiya Jansangh, Rajasthan1977-1985 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (two terms)1977 Minister of State with Independent Charge of Ministry of Mines & Geology, Panchayati Raj & Sheep and Wool and attached with Social Welfare, Industries and Public Enterprises1980-1982 Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan1978 Cabinet Minister, Sahakarita and Mines and Geology1981-1984 Member, Public Accounts Committee, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly1982-1985 General Secretary, B.J.P., Rajasthan1987 onwards Vice-President, B.J.P., Rajasthan1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1990 Member, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Tourism1991-1992 Cabinet Minister, Irrigation and Relief, Government of RajasthanMember, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (third term)1993-1998 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, (fourth term)1994-1998 Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Home, Mines and Printing & Stationery, Government of Rajasthan22 September 2001 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (in bye-election, 2nd term)2001-2002 Member, Committee on Science and TechnologyMember, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes2003-2004 Union Minister of State, Social Justice and Empowerment2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Participating in seminars, debates on social concerns; making efforts to do away with superstitious, rotten conventions and conservative practices prevalent in the society
Special Interests
Awakening the backward classes, dalits and oppressed people of society and working for solution of their problems and their educational and economic advancement so as to help them attain respectful place in the society
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Social reform, participation in religious functions and congregations
Sports and Clubs
Kabaddi, Badminton
Countries Visited
Austria, France, Germany, Hungry, Italy and Switzerland; went on Government of India Cooperative Movement Goodwill Mission to Hungary, 1978 as Minister, Co-operative, Government of Rajasthan
Other Information
Arrested on 26 June 1975 with the imposition of emergency and later kept in Udaipur, Ajmer, Bharatpur and Jaipur jails and released after 19 months on 25 January 1977; President , Udaipur Bar Association; Member, Senate and Syndicate of Udaipur University; participated in several political movements as town, district and State level office bearer of Jansangh and later Bharatiya Janata Party; actively participated in the students`movements, labour movements of Udaipur District, movements of teachers and employees of Rajasthan Government and Union Government and taken into police and judicial custody as a result thereof for seveal times
