Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Jabalpur
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Late Thakur Surendra Singh
Mother's Name : Smt. Gomti Devi
Date of birth : 04 Jun 1962
Profession : Agriculturist
Positions held :
2000 onwards President, BJP, Distt Jabalpur2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaMember, Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & ForestsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism5 Aug. 2007 - May 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism & Culture2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)31 Aug. 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture23 Sept. 2009 Member, Committee on PetitionsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of DefenceMember, Central Advisory Committee for NCCMember, Hindi Salahkar Samiti Raksha Vibhag, Raksha Anusandhan Vibhag Aur Bhootpurva Sainik Kalyan VibhagMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (3rd term)12 June 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, House Committee1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on PrivilegesMember, Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture27 Nov. 2014 - 31 Aug. 2018 Chairperson, Standing Committee on Coal & SteelMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Hindi Advisory Committee on Defence2016 - 2018 Chief Whip, Bharatiya Janata Patry (BJP), Lok Sabha12 Aug. 2016 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committe on Ethics1 Sept. 2018 - 25 May 2019 Member, Standing Committee on DefenceMay, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (4th term)20 June 2019 onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee13 Sept. 2019 onwards Chairperson, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok SabhaMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Interested in Water Conservation Movement; floated a campaign for water conservation in Jabalpur Lok Sabha Constituency; a massive awareness campaign in which he did `Padyatra` for 15 days and visited more than 250 villages; Walked more than 180 kms. under `Jal Raksha Abhiyan`; Encouraged construction of stop dams by giving required funding; Water conservation schemes were enforced to urban population as well
Special Interests
Developments in Infrastructure, reading and visiting historical places
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Watching cultural programmes, watching television programes and going on long drives
Sports and Clubs
Hockey
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
France (Paris); Mauritius, 2006; Russia, June 2006; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the 131st Inter Parliamentary Union Assembly and related meetings held in Geneva Switzerland, October 2014; (i) Switzerland(Geneva) & Germany (Frankfurt), 12th Oct.,to 16th Oct., 2014 (With Hon. Speaker, Lok Sabha-IPU Delegation); (ii) Indonesia (Bali), 5th Sept., to 7th Sept., 2017 (With Hon. Speaker, Lok Sabha);(iii) Djibouti and Ethiopia, 3rd Oct., to 6th Oct., 2017 (With Hon. President of India); (iv) United States of America (Chicago), 28th Oct., to 3rd Nov., 2017; (v) United Kingdom (London), 21st Sept., to 25th Sept., 2019
