Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Mahendragarh
State : Haryana
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : Jan. 1977 - June 1978 Minister of Education, Haryana May 1977 - June 1987 Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly June 1978 - May 1982 Speaker, Haryana Legislative Assembly June 1982- June 1987 Minister of Transport, Haryana 1991 Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) July 1992 - March 1996 Union Minister of State, Rural Development (Department of Wastelands Development) 1996 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Special Interests :
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Skiing, golf, mountaineering, fishing, study of military history and bridge
Sports and Clubs : Member, Delhi Golf Club, Delhi Gymkhana Club and Defence Service Officers' Institute
Countries Visited : Widely travelled; attended Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meetings, in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982; visited Kailash Mansarover in Tibet in 1957
Other Information : Took part in the Second World War in Burma and Malaysia; fought against the Pakistan Army in 1947 & 1965 wars and against the Chinese army in 1962 war
Election Result : Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 12,37,989 Total votes polled 8,19,455 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1) Col. Rao Ram Singh (B.J.P.) 2,65,034 (2) Shri Rao Birender Singh (I.N.C.) 2,16,999 (3) Shri Raghu Yadav (B.S.P.) 1,36,475 (4) Shri Kanwar Singh Kalwari (S.A.P.) 66,049
