Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Chandigarh(Chandigarh )
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Party Name :
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Indian National Congress(INC)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Piara Lal Aggarwal (Tapa Wale)
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Rukmani Devi
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Date of Birth
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16.07.1948
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Place of Birth
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Sunam, Distt. Sangrur (Punjab)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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12 Mar 1974
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Madhu Bansal
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No. of Sons
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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B.Sc., LL.B.
Educated at Yadavindra Public School, Patiala; Government College, Chandigarh; and
Department of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh
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Profession
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Advocate
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Permanent Address |
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64, Sector 28-A,
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Chandigarh- 160 002
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Tel. (0172) 2657565
Fax. (0172) 2637618
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Present Address |
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6, Ashoka Road,
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New Delhi-110 001
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Tels: (011) 23017780, 23017798, 23018729 (PH)
Telefax: (011) 23782811, 23782812 (R)
Fax. 23782812 (R), 23792341 (O), 23093053 (PH)
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Position Held |
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1976-78
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General Secretary, Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress (I)
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1978-82
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General Secretary, Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress (I)
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1982
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President, Chandigarh Territorial Youth Congress (I)
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1982-83
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President, Punjab Pradesh Youth Congress (I)
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1984-90
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Member, Rajya Sabha
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1984-86
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Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Rajya Sabha
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Member, General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha
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Member, Consultative Committee Ministry of Human Resource Development
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill
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Member, Parliamentary Committee on the Structure of Pay, Allowances, Leave and Pensionary Benefits for the Officers and Staff of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha Secretariats
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1985-87
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Member, Panel of Vice-Chairmen, Rajya Sabha
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1986
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Member, Joint Committee on Railways Bill
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1989-90
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Whip, Congress (I) Parliamentary Party, Rajya Sabha
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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1991
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Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
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1992
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Elected to the Executive of Congress Party in Parliament (with highest No. of votes)
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1992-96
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Whip, Congress (I) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1993-96
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Chairman, Joint Parliamentary Committee on 83rd Constitution Amendment
Bill and Representation of People (Amendment) Bill
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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Member, Business Advisory Committee, Lok Sabha
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Member, Committee on Rules, Lok Sabha
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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1995-96
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Chairman, Committee on Communications
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1997-98
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President, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Secretary, All India Congress Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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1999-2004
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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Member, Committee on Ethics
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Central Vigilance Commission Bill, 1999
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2000-2004
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Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology and Communication
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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May 2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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2004-06
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Member, Panel of Chairmen
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Chief Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party
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Chairman, Committee of Privileges
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Chairman, Select Committee of Lok Sabha to inquire into allegations against some members regarding Parliamentary Questions
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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2004-2009
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Treasurer, Indian Parliamentary Group (IPG)
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29 Jan. 2006-22 May 2009
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Minister of State, Ministry of Finance (Expenditure, Banking & Insurance)
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6 Apr. 2008-22 May 2009
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Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs
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13 May 2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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28 May 2009 – 18 Jan 2011
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Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs
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14 Jun. 2009 – 18 Jan 2011
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Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources
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19 Jan 2011 – 28 Oct. 2012
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Union Cabinet Minister, Parliamentary Affairs
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19 Jan 2011-19 July 2011
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Union Cabinet Minister, Science and Technology
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Union Cabinet Minister, Earth Sciences
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July 2011 – 28 Oct. 2012
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Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources
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28 Oct. 2012 – 11 May 2013
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Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Organised and participated in youth festivals, Inter-State Youth camps, N.S.S. camps, medical-aid
camps in rural areas, legal-aid programmes for the poor and blood donation camps; undertook
padayatras in Punjab for communal harmony; organised Rajiv Gandhi Child-to-Child National
Integration camps
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Special Interests
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Education, environment and electoral reforms
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to (i) Zimbabwe, 1986; (ii) 83rd Inter Parliamentary Conference; Nicosia, Cyprus 1990; (iii) U.N. General Assembly, 1994; (iv) 94th Inter-Parliamentary Conference (IPC), Bucharest, Romania, 1995; (v) Wilton Park (UK) Conference on Good Governance, 2002; (vi) Parliamentary Delegation to UNCTAD – XI Sao Paulo (Brazil), 2004; (vii) First All Party M.P`s Goodwill Non-official Delegation to Pakistan 2003; (viii) Workshop on WTO (Singapore), 2004; (ix) 112th IPU at Manila, 2005 (x) Goodwill Delegation to US in September, 2008.
Leader, Indian Delegation to (i) Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, Malaysia, 1992; (ii) Third U.N. Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance held at Durban, South Africa, 2001; (iii) SAARC Finance Ministers` Conference held in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2006; (iv) 2nd China-India Financial conference, Shanghai, May, 2008; (v) Regional Conference on Deepening Democracy held at Paro, Bhutan, 2010; (vi) Parliamentary Delegation to Istanbul, Athens & Egypt in Januaruy, 2010.
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Other Information
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Chairman, Research and Reference Cell, All India Congress Committee (AICC), 1985-91; Official Spokesman (AICC), 1995.
Member, (i) Congress Committee on Policy and Programme 1985-91; (ii) Congress Manifesto Committee, 1990; (iii) AICC Committee to analyse 10th Lok Sabha Election results 1991; (iv) National Literacy Mission Authority; (v) Philately Advisory Committee, 1987-88; (vi) Press Council of India 2004.
Convenor, (i) Sub-Committee, Congress Centenary Celebrations Committee; (ii) Congress Committee on 40th Anniversary of Independence; and (iii) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru`s Birth Centenary, 1983-89.
Faculty Member, (i) Orientation Programme in Parliamentary Procedure and Practices for MPs of Khazakstan; and (ii) Indian Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Traning (BPST); President and General Secretary, Punjab University Youth Service Club, 1969-70; and General Secretary, (i) Punjab University Student` Council, 1970-71; and (ii) Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, 1978
Member, Senate (1994-96 and 1999 till date) and Syndicate (1990-92), Punjab University; The Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 1984-90, 1991-96, 1999.
Member, (i) 37th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi, 1991; (ii) 89th Inter-Parliamentary Conference, New Delhi, 1993;
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Reference: Loksabha