Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Sonepat
State : Haryana
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Suraj Mal
Mother's Name : Smt. Bhagwani Devi
Date of birth : 15 Jun 1948
Profession : Agriculturist Advocate, Teacher, Educationist
Positions held :
1987-91 Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly1990-91 Cabinet Minister, Agriculture, Education and Industry, Government of Haryana1998 Elected to 12th Lok SabhaLeader, Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaMember, General Purposes Committee1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Urban and Rural Development and its Sub-committees, Ministry of Urban Affairs and Development; Minisrty of Rural Areas and Employment; and Action Taken Sub-CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of CommunicationsMember, General Purposes Committee1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural GasMember, Committee on Home Affairs2004 Re-elected to 14 Lok Sabha( 3rd term)Member, Committee on PrivilegesMember, Committee on RailwaysMember, Consultative Committee, Minsitry of Petroleum and Natural Gas5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Railways
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Participating in the activities of educational and cooperative movement institutions
Special Interests
Redressal of public grievances, particularly solving the problems of the poor people in the rural areas
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Interacting with people including farmers
Sports and Clubs
Played hockey and badminton at state-level
Countries Visited
Singapore and Thailand; visited Bangkok in 2003 for participating in the International Conference of Parliaments on HIV/AIDS
Other Information
Chairman, (i) Haryana Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (H.A.F.E.D.) and (ii) Marketing Society, Gohana; Director, (i) Krishak Bharati Cooperative (K.R.I.B.H.C.O.); (ii) N.A.F.E.D.; and (iii) Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sonepat,; Member, (i) Panchayat Samiti; (ii) Zonal Railways Users Consultative Committee; and (iii) National Shipping Board, 1998
