Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Mumbai-North
State : Maharashtra
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 5 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri Damodar
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 16 Apr 1934
Profession : Social Worker Consultant
Positions held :
1969-77 Organising Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Mumbai, Maharashtra1977-78 General-Secretary, Janata Party (J.P.), Mumbai, Maharashtra1978-89 Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (three terms)Member, Public Accounts Committee; Estimates Committee; Privileges Committee; and Rules Committee, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly1979-80 President, Janata Party (J.P.), Mumbai1980-86 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Mumbai1986-89 Vice-President, B.J.P., Maharashtra1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha1989-95 Member, Railway Convention Committee1989-97 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1990-91 Member, Committee on Science and Technology1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1992-94 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Securities Scam1992-97 Member, Committee on Railways1993-95 Chairman, Joint Committee on Catering in Parliament Complex1995-96 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) (with highest votes and margin in Maharashtra)1996-97 Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary PartyMember, Business Advisory CommitteeMember, Committee on RailwaysMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Women’s Reservation BillMember, Committee on Empowerment of WomenMember, Rules CommitteeConvener, Study Group of the Committee on Railways for suburban Railway services in Metropolitan cities1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) (with highest votes and also highest margin among six Lok Sabha Constituencies in Mumbai, and also the first Member of Parliament to get consecutively Elected four times in Mumbai)1998-99 Union Minister of State, Railways (Independent Charge), Parliamentary Affairs, Planning and Programme Implementation and HomeSpecial Invitee, General Purposes CommitteeMember, National Executive, B.J.P.1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) (with highest votes in Maharashtra)13 Oct. 1999- onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Petroleum and Natural Gas
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Slum improvement work in Mumbai’s slums; participation in co-operative banking, urban credit societies, housing societies and educational institutions; pioneer in suburban railway commuters movement in Mumbai
Special Interests
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Public service, reading, travelling, sports and games
Sports and Clubs
Played Indian games and basket ball at inter-college level
Countries Visited
France, Nepal, Sweden and U.K.; Member, 88th I.P.U. Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992
Other Information
Succeeded in introducing national song, ‘Vandematram’ in Parliament and also in changing the name of Bombay to Mumbai; campaigned successfully resulting in sanction of Rs. one crore per annum per MP for suggesting development works in their constituencies; introduced a Private Member’s Bill for promotion of breast-feeding and prohibiting advertisements of baby food which was debated in Tenth Lok Sabha and finally converted into an official Bill and passed
