Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Baghpat(Uttar Pradesh )
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Party Name :
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Rashtriya Lok Dal(RLD)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Ch. Charan Singh
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Gayatri Devi
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Date of Birth
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12.02.1939
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Place of Birth
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Bhadola, Distt. Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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17 Jun 1967
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Radhika Singh
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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B.Sc., B. Tech. and M.S.
Educated at Lucknow University, Lucknow; I.I.T. Kharagpur and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (U.S.A.)
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Profession
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Computer Scientist
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Permanent Address |
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244/2, Shivaji Road, Meerut – 220001
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Uttar Pradesh
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Present Address |
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12, Tughlak Road,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tels. (011) 24610350, 24632991 (O) 23792040, 23792080 (R)
Fax. (011) 24610354 (O) 23792037 (R)
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Parliament Address:
Room No. 37, Parliament House
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New Delhi – 110001
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Tel. (011) 23094251
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Position Held |
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1986
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Elected to Rajya Sabha
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1987
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President, Lok Dal (A)
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1988
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President, Janata Party
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1989
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Secretary General, Janata Dal
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Dec. 1989 to Nov. 1990
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Union Cabinet Minister, Industry
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Feb. 1995 to May 1996
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Union Cabinet Minister, Food
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1996
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Elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) (Resigned from Congress Party
and Lok Sabha on 9.9.1996)
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1997
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Elected again to 11th Lok Sabha (Re-elected in a bye-election
held on 8 February, 1997)
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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President, Rashtriya Lok Dal
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22 Jul. 2001- 24 May 2003
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Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 5th term)
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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Leader, Rashtriya Lok Dal Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers
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7 Oct. 2009
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Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
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18 Dec. 2011 onwards
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Union Cabinet Minister, Civil Aviation
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Special Interests
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Anything connected with agriculture and technology
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading and music
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled
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Other Information
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Worked for 15 years in the Computer Industry in U.S.A.
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Reference: Loksabha