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AJAY SINGH CHOUTALAAjay Singh Chautala (born 13 March 1961) is a politician from Indian National Lok Dal party and a former Member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha representing Haryana, the upper and lower house of the Indian Parliament. Currently he is serving as MLA in Haryana assembley representing Dabwali constituency.Biography

Ajay Singh Chautala (b. 13 March 1961) is son of Shri Om Prakash Chautala, Former Chief Minister of Haryana and grandson of Chaudhari Devi Lal. He did his B.A. from Kurukshetra University, M.A. (Public Administration) and LL.B. from Rajasthan University. He joined active politics in 1980s, became MLA from Rajasthan twice: first from Data Ram Garh (1989) and then from Nauhar (1993).[2] Former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Devi Lal, who was also his grand father, had special bonding and affection for Ajay. Ajay also consider his grand father Devi Lal to be his role model.
Ajay became member of Parliament from Bhiwani Constituency.[3] In the recently held Vidhan Sabha elections, He was the star campaigner besides his father & INLD president Om Parkash Chautala. He is currently Member of Legislative Assembly from Dabwali in Haryana as he defeated Dr K.V.Singh by more than 12,000 votes. Earlier he was elected as Rajya Sabha member from Haryana (Member of Parliament. He became President of the Youth Wing of Indian National Lok Dal and secretary General of Indian National Lokdal Party.
In addition to his active participation in political affairs, he snatches time to pursue his academic, sports & social commitments. He is also actively associated with cooperative movement and held the office of Director, IFFCO as well as Senior Vice President of IFFCO.[1] Ajay Chautala has taken up various social causes like anti-polythene campaign, tree plantation drive, eye donation campaign etc.
He is also deeply interested in sports. He is President of the Table Tennis Federation of India(TTFI) since year 2000.[4] Recently, He has been elected Vice President of Asian Table Tennis Union(ATTU) A widely traveled man, he has visited several countries of Asia, Europe, Australia, America, Africa, Japan, South Korea, China and Newzeland.[1]
Profession :Agriculturist/Farmer,Political Worker/Politician,Social Worker/Social Service
Permanent Address: H.No. 803, Chautala House, Ram Colony, Barnala Road, Sirsa, Haryana. Tel. - (Tel. {01666} 224015, 231129)
Positions Held:1990-98 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (two terms) 1999-Feb. 2004 Member, Thirteenth Lok Sabha Aug. 2004 Elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2004 onwards Member, Committee on Water Resources Dec. 2005 onwards Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Culture
Books Published:(i) Ch. Devi Lal: Life, Work and Philosophy, Hope India Ltd., Gurgaon, 2003 and (ii) Pratispardha Ke Yug Mein Haryana, Pragati Press Ltd., Delhi, 2003
Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests :Special interest in social, cultural, literary and scientific activities in the State of Haryana; got an academy established in 2002 in order to keep the culture of Haryana alive
Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation :President, (i) Haryana Table Tennis Association Pastimes and Recreation since 1987, (ii) Table Tennis Federation of India since 2000 and (iii) Table Tennis Federation of Commonwealth since 2000; table tennis, volleyball and wrestling
Countries Visited :Visited several countries including U.S.A., U.K., China, Canada, Japan, Russia, Australia, Pakistan, Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (North Korea), South Korea, Kenya, New Zealand, Austria, France, Switzerland, Abu Dhabi (U.A.E), Hungary, South Africa, Denmark and Germany
Other Information :Officiating as Head of Ch. Devi Lal Vidyapeeth, Sirsa, an institution which is working in the field of education and being run by Ch. Devi Lal Memorial Trust; Chairman, Sirsa Milk Union, 1987–90; Director, IFFCO, 2000–2004; Chief Patron, Indian National Students Organization (I.N.S.O.)
Member of the Vidhan Sabha from Haryana
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2009
Member of the Indian Parliamentfor Bhiwani
In office1999 – February 2004
Born -March 13, 1961 (1961-03-13) (age 49)Chautala, Sirsa District, Haryana, India
Nationality -Indian
Political party -Indian National Lok Dal http://inld.in
Spouse(s) -Shrimati Nayna Singh Chautala
Children -2
Residence -Sirsa District, HaryanaAlma mater -Kurukshetra University
Occupation -Agricultralist
Website-www.inld.in

Ashok Tanwar
Dr. Ashok Tanwar (born 12 February 1976) is an Indian politician, a former president of Indian Youth Congress and present Member of Parliament from Sirsa.He was the youngest person to take over the prestigious position of president of Indian Youth Congress. He is valued as much for being a dalit as for his membership of the Jawaharlal Nehru University network.
Early life
He was born in Jhajjar area of Haryana to Dilbag Singh and Krishna rathi. He went to Jawaharlal Nehru University's centre for Historical studies and completed his M.A., M.Phil Ph.D.(History).
Political career
Dr. Ashok Tanwar started his career as an activist of the NSUI in JNU.
Rise in Politics
Tanwar is among the rising young leaders of Congress party.He is very close to Rahul Gandhi, Who is in charge of the Youth Congress. Tanwar’s USP is the JNU connection at a time the Congress’s student wing, the National Students Union of India, barely has a presence on the campus.Whenever he contested the president’s post in JNU, he got more votes than anyone else (from the NSUI).Tanwar took over as the NSUI secretary in 1999 and became its president in 2003.With two major straight wins in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections since he took over in 2003 and a major improvement in the NSUI performance in the Left dominated JNU, Tanwar had stressed the need for more discipline among NSUI activists during his tenure as its president.
Youth Congress TenureIn Ashok Tanwar’s term as president of Indian Youth Congress, the focus to strengthen the "IYC" had shifted to auditoriums, workshops and seminars. Stress on street plays and social work was put to highlight the problems faced by public. Under the leadership of Ashok Tanwar, several programmes highlighting social issues were taken up across the country. The concept of Aam Aadmi Ka Sipahi (AAKS) was implemented during his tenure. The programmes meant for empowering youth has been given special significance and as part of that Rahul ji's vision has been given shape through these programmes.Indian Youth Congress had progressed very much under his leadership.
A special aspect of the programmes undertaken during his tenure shows that they have been undertaken in a decentralized manner involving the block, district and state level youth congress. He had given special attention to meritocracy in the organization. This is reflected in the plans to hold organizational elections in all the states. Now, elections are already been held in Punjab and Gujarat, where youth in mass numbers irrespective of the walks of life have joined youth congress to strengthen the organiation thus strengthening the base of Congress party in all the states.
2009 Lok Sabha Elections
He was nominated by the Congress party to contest the Lok Sabha elections 2009 from Sirsa in Haryana and won the seat by defeating his nearst rival Dr. Sita Ram of INLD by a margin of 35499 votes . This win was more significant than any other candidate in Haryana as Sirsa is home district to heavy weight leader of Haryana politics Chaudhary Om Prakash Chautala and Ashok Tanwar got less than a month time in constituency to win the battle. With this win, Ashok Tanwar has emerged himself as a leader of National repute as he was one of young candidates handpicked by congress's general secretary Rahul Gandhi to contest the 2009 Lok Sabha election.
Personal life
In June 2005, Ashok Tanwar married to Avantika Maken, a divorced and daughter of Lalit Maken and maternal grand daughter of former Indian President, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. They have two sons and one daughter.

Dr. Ashok Tanwar-Member of Parliament
In office2009 - incumbent
Preceded by-Atma Singh Gill
Constituency-Sirsa
President Indian Youth Congress
In office2005 - 2010
Preceded by-Randeep Surjewala
Succeeded by-Rajiv Satav
President NSUI
In office2003-2005
Preceded by-Meenakshi Natarajan
Succeeded by-Nadeem Javed
Born-February 12, 1976 (1976-02-12) (age 34)
Political party-Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)-Avantika Maken
Residence-New Delhi
Religion-Hinduism
As of March 20, 2010

Bhajan Lal

Bhajan Lal (Hindi: भजन लाल) (born October 6, 1930) is a politician from the state of Haryana in India now residing in sector 15 of Hisar.
Early lifeBhajan Lal was born in Koranwali, Bahawalpur District, now in Punjab (Pakistan) in a Bishnois sub-caste, and has two sons, Chander Mohan Bishnoi, and Kuldeep Bishnoi.
Political career
Bhajan Lal was the chief minister of the Haryana state twice, his first term from June 28, 1979 to July 5, 1985, and his second term from July 23, 1991 to May 11, 1996. He had also served as a union cabinet minister at the centre, holding the Agriculture and Environments & Forest portfolios during Rajiv Gandhi's administration. He has been a central point in Haryana politics, representing the non-Jat caste groups of the state.
The victory of the Indian National Congress in Haryana's 2005 elections caused a major rift in its state unit, as it opted to make Bhupinder Hooda, a Jat, the Chief Minister instead of Bhajan. Although he initially cooled down, speculation over his departure from the party was ended in March 2007, when he officially announced he would form a new party, called the Haryana Janhit Congress. The key event that brought this about was the suspension of his son Kuldeep Bishnoi from the Indian National Congress, for criticizing the party's central leaders. Bhajan has said that Kuldeep and Chander Mohan, who is Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister, would join his party.
2009 Lok Sabha Elections
Bhajan Lal fought election from Hissar and defeated two prominent politicians of Haryana politics, Sampat Singh and Jai Parkash in a high profile battle. This battle was so intense that it led to an infighting among the INLD soon after the results were declared. This eventually led to Professor Sampat Singh's resignation from INLD after 32 years ties with the party, leaving the party in a state of turmoil.
2009 State Assembly Elections
Haryana Janhit Congress of Bhajanlal won 6 seats but 5 of its MLAs left the party and joined Indian National Congress leaving Kuldeep Bishnoi as alone legislator of the party. Also, in a big jolt to the party, Smt Jasma Devi, wife of Bhajanlal was defeated by Prof Sampat Singh in Nalwa by a big margin of 10901 votes.

Bhajan Lal
Former Chief Minister of Haryana
Born -6 October 1930 (1930-10-06) (age 79)Haryana
Residence -Chandigarh

Bansi Lal
Chaudhary Bansi Lal (August 26, 1927 – March 28, 2006) (Hindi: चौधरी बंसी लाल) was an Indian freedom fighter, senior Congress leader, former Chief Minister of Haryana and considered by many to be the architect of modern Haryana. He was born in a Jat family of Golagarh village in Bhiwani district of Haryana. He served three separate terms as Chief Minister of Haryana: 1968-75, 1985-87, and 1996-99. Bansi Lal was considered a close confidante of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi during the Emergency era in 1975. He served as the Defence Minister from December 1975 to March 1977, and had a brief stint as a Minister Without Portfolio in the Union government in 1975. He also held the Railways and Transport portfolios. Lal was elected to the State Assembly seven times, the first time in 1967. He set up Haryana Vikas Party after parting ways with the Indian National Congress in 1996.
Education
Bansi Lal studied at the Punjab University Law College, Jalandhar. In 1972, the Kurukshetra University and the Haryana Agricultural University awarded him honorary degrees of Doctor of Law and Doctor of Science respectively.
Political career
As a freedom fighter, He was secretary of Parja mandal in the Loharu State, from 1943 to 1944.
Lal was president of the Bar Association, Bhiwani from 1957 to 1958. He was president of District Congress Committee, Hissar, from 1959 to 1962 and later became member of Congress Working Committee and Congress Parliamentary Board.
He was a member of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee between 1958 and 1962.
He was also the chairman of the Committee of Parliament and Committee on Public Undertakings, 1980-82, and the Committee on Estimates, 1982-84.
He became railways minister on December 31, 1984 and later minister for transport.
He was a Rajya Sabha member from 1960 to 2006 and 1976 to 1980. He was a Lok Sabha member—1980 to 1984, 1985 to 1986 and 1989 to 1991.
After he parted company with Congress in 1996, Bansi Lal set up Haryana Vikas Party and his campaign against prohibition propelled him to power in the assembly polls the same year.
Chief Minister of Haryana
Bansi Lal became the Chief Minister of Haryana four times in 1968, 1972, 1986 and 1996. He was the third chief minister of Haryana after Bhagwat Dayal Sharma and Rao Birender Singh. He became Haryana chief minister for the first time on May 31, 1968 and remained in office till March 13, 1972. On March 14, 1972, he occupied the top post in the state for the second time and was in office till November 30, 1975. The third and fourth times he was appointed chief minister was from June 5, 1986 to June 19, 1987 and May 11, 1996 to July 23, 1999.
Bansi Lal was elected to the state assembly seven times, the first time being in 1967. After Haryana was formed in 1966, much of the state's industrial and agricultural development, especially creation of infrastructure, took place due to Lal's initiatives. He was elected to the state assembly for seven times in 1967, 1968, 1972, 1986, 1991 and 2000. He was responsible for electrifying all villages in Haryana during his tenure as chief minister in the late sixties and seventies. He was also the pioneer of highway tourism in the state - a model later adopted by a number of states. He is regarded by many as an "Iron man" who was always close to reality and took keen interest in the upliftment of the community.
Bansi Lal did not contest the assembly elections in 2005 but his sons Surender Singh and Ranbir Singh Mahendra were elected to the state assembly. Surender Singh died in a helicopter crash near Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh in 2005.
Role in emergency
Bansi Lal was in the limelight when Emergency was imposed by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975. He was a confidante of Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi during the controversial Emergency days in 1975. He along with Sanjay Gandhi was said to be responsible for various steps during the Emergency.
He was the defence minister from December 21, 1975 to March 24, 1977 and a minister without portfolio in the Union government from December 1, 1975 to December 20, 1975.
A widely traveled person
Bansi Lal visited a number of countries, including Myanmar, Afghanistan, erstwhile USSR, Mauritius, Tanzania, Zambia, Seychelles, United Kingdom, Kuwait, Greece, West Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy.
Death
Bansi Lal died in New Delhi on 28 March 2006. He had been unwell for quite some time.
Political Legacy
Ch.Bansi Lal's elder son, Ch. Ranbir Singh Mahendra,is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (2005) from Mundhal constituency. Ch. Ranbir Singh is also an ex BCCI president and being the eldest son of Ch. Bansi Lal, he naturally is looked up to as the torch bearer of Ch. Bansi Lal's political legacy







Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (Hindi: भूपिंदर सिंह हुड्डा) (born September 15, 1947) is an Indian politician, a leader of the Indian National Congress and the current Chief Minister of Haryana.[1] He became the chief minister of Haryana for the first time in March 2005. After the Haryana assembly elections, 2009, he again became the chief minister in October 2009.
Early life
Bhupinder Singh Hooda was born at village Sanghi to Choudhary Ranbir Singh, in a Hooda family gotra Jats in Rohtak district.
He is an Alumnus of Sainik school, Kunjpara[2]. He did his B.A., LL.B. was educated at Punjab University, Chandigarh and University of Delhi, Delhi
Political career
Previously, he has been a Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) for four terms in 1991,1996,1998,2004 and the Leader of Opposition in Haryana's Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2004. Ch. B.S. Hooda also served as the President of HPCC (Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee) from 1996 to 2001. For three consecutive Lok Sabha terms he entered Indian Parliament defeating Ch. Devilal another tall Jat leader in famous electoral battles fought in the Jat heartland of Rohtak in Haryana. Mr. Hooda is well known for leading various farmer movements in Haryana. He is from the Indian National Congress. He is also a Member of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.
He attended international Conferences like World Youth Festival in U.S.S.R, World Parliamentary Conference in China, International Conference in USSR as a delegate of AICC and OISCA and International Conferences in Japan and South Korea.
He is also President, All India Young Farmers’ Association, Haryana ; Ex-Member, Market Committee, Rohtak; Director, Bank of India, 1989-92; Secretary, Farmers’ Parliamentary Forum, 1991 onwards; Founder-Member and Working President of All India Freedom Fighters’ Successors’ Organisation; Working President, National Federation Railway Porters, Vendors and Bearers. Elected as a President for the Khadi & Village Industries Commission Employees Union & Patron for the National Khadi & Village Industries Board's Employees Federation - an apex body of all State K&V.I Board's Employees Unions.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda again nominated by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday as Chief Minister of Haryana after tough political battle among other leaders.[3]
During his first term as Chief Ministership, Bhupender Singh Hooda led many schemes and also led Congress to state power once again. Mr Hooda is credited with clean image and bringing people with mass base into Congress party.
[edit] Personal life
Hooda married Asha Dahiya in 1976. They have a son, Deepender Singh Hooda, a Member Parliament and a daughter who is married to Kunal Bhadoo of fatehabad dist. Deepender had an unsuccessful married life and divorce with his earlier wife. He married to Swetha Mirdha on 21 Feb 2010 in Jaipur.
[edit] Positions held
1972-1977 - President, Block Congress Committee, Kiloi,Haryana
1980-87 - Senior Vice-president, Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress, Chairman of Panchayat Samiti Rohtak, Chairman of Panchayat Parishad of Haryana.
1991 - Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
1996 - Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1998 - Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd Term)
2000 - Elected to 9th Haryana Vidhan Sabha from Kiloi constituency.
2002-2004 - Leader of Opposition in Haryana Assembly
2005 - Elected to 10th Haryana Vidhan Sabha (bye-election from Kiloi) with a record margin of 1,03,635 vote. March 5, 2005 - Sworn in as Chief Minister of Haryana
2009 - Elected to 11th Haryana Vidhan Sabha from "Haryana - Garhi Sampla-Kiloi" and got 89849 Votes.
October 25, 2009 - Sworn in as Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time
Allegations
Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led government has been accused by Opposition parties that he has “focused its entire development on Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonepat” [4]and ignoring Southern Haryana mainly Bagri Belt- Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Bhiwani and Ahirwal belt that includes Gurgaon and Rewari. Moreover North Haryana is always ignorned esp. Karnal, Kaithal, Y.Nager, Kurukshetra and Ambala.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda- Chief Minister of Haryana
Constituency - Garhi Sampla-Kiloi
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 March 2005
Preceded by- Om Prakash Chautala
Incumbent
Assumed office -23 Oct 2009
Born -15 September 1947 (1947-09-15) (age 62)
Sanghi village, Rohtak district,
Nationality -Indian
Political party- Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) -Asha Hooda
Children- son Dipender Singh, MP and a daughter.
Occupation- Politician

Chaudhary Devi Lal
Chaudhary Devi Lal Sihag (1914–2001) (Hindi: चौधरी देवी लाल) was an Indian politician, freedom fighter, Chief Minister of the state of Haryana and Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was born in a Jat Hindu family of Sihag clan on 25 September 1914 in Teja Khera village of Sirsa district in Haryana, India. His mother's name was Shugna Devi and father's name was Ch. Lekh Ram Sihag.Ch. Lekh Ram was a wealthy Jat landlord of Chautala village and he owned 2750 bighas of land. Ch. Devi Lal, whose original name was Devi Dayal, received education up to middle and also trained as a wrestler at an 'Akhara' in Badal village (Punjab). On Mahatma Gandhi's call, both he and his elder brother Ch Sahib Ram, left their studies unfinished to take part in the freedom movement.His son Om Prakash Chautala is also a former Chief Minister of the state of Haryana . He belongs to the Jat clan of Bagris.
Freedom fighter
Chaudhari Devi Lal was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and was actively involved in the struggle for Indian independence from the British Raj. On Mahatma Gandhi's call, both he and his elder brother Ch Sahib Ram, left their studies unfinished to take part in the freedom movement. For this he was sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment and sent to Hissar jail on 8 Oct, 1930. He took part in the movement of 1932 and was kept in Sadar Delhi Thana. In 1938 he was selected delegate of All India Congress Committee. In March 1938 his elder brother Ch. Sahib Ram was elected M.L.A. in a by-election on the Congress party ticket. In January, 1940 Ch. Sahib Ram courted arrest as a 'satyagrahi' in the presence of Ch. Devi Lal and over ten thousand people. He was fined Rs 100 and sentenced to 9 months imprisonment. Ch. Devi Lal was arrested on 5 October 1942 and kept in jail for 2 years for taking part in the 1942 Quit India movement. Therefore in 1942, Ch. Lekh Ram's both sons, Ch. Sahib Ram and Ch. Devi Lal were in the Multan jail for taking part in the freedom struggle. Ch. Devi Lal was released from prison in October, 1943 and he got his elder brother Ch. Sahib Ram released on parole. In August 1944, Sir Chhotu Ram the then Revenue Minister, visited Chautala village. He, along wi th Lajpat Rai Alakhpura, made efforts to woo both Ch. Sahib Ram and Ch. Devi Lal to desert Congress and join the Unionist Party. But both workers, being dedicated freedom fighters, refused to leave the Cong ress Party.
Post independence
After independence, he emerged as a popular leader of farmers in India and Ch Devi Lal started a farmer's movement and was arrested along with his 500 workers. After some time, then Chief Minister Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargawa made an agreement and Muzzara act was amended. He was elected member of Punjab Assembly in 1952, Congress president of Punjab in 1956. He played an active and decisive role in the formation of Haryana as a separate state. In 1958 he was elected fro m Sirsa. In 1971 he left the Congress after being in it for 39 years. He was elected in 1974 from Rori constituency against Congress. In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared emergency, and Ch. Devi Lal along with all opposition leaders was sent to jail for 19 months in Hissar Jail and Mahendergarh fort. In 1977 emergency ended and general elections were held. He was elected on Janata Party ticket and became the Chief Minister of Haryana. For his steadf ast opposition to Emergency and dictatorial misrule, he became known as Sher-e-Haryana (Lion of Haryana). He remained member of parliament from 1980 to 1982 and member of State assembly from 1982-1987. He formed Lok Dal and started Nyaya Yudh under 'Haryana Sangharsh S amiti' and became hugely popular among masses. In 1987 state elections, the alliance led by Ch. Devi Lal won a record victory winning 85 seats in the 90 member house. Congress was routed in the state winning only 5 seats. Chaudhary Devi Lal became the Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time. In the 1989 parliamentary election, he was simultaneously elected, both from Sikar in Rajasthan and Rohtak in Haryana. He twice became Deputy Prime Minister of India in two different governments. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in August, 1998. Later his son Sh. O. P. Chautala also became the Chief Minister of Haryana. After independence, Chaudhary Devi Lal emerged as a leader of farmers. During his two tenures as chief minister of Haryana he made several decisions benefiting farmers and rural people. He always took decision s about the betterment of common people. His popularity among farmers and rural people, earned him the title of 'Tau' (Elder Uncle). Chaudhary Devilal gave many good politicians to haryana, rather he groomed many simple people to be good politicians. Chaudhary Devi Lal died on April 6, 2001. Popular as Tau
While in power, Chaudhari Devi Lal is credited for having taken several decisions in the interest of the farming community and the rural pe ople, among whom he is popularly known as 'Tau' (Elder Uncle). He died on April 6, 2001 at the age of 86. He was cremated at "Kisan Ghat" on the banks of the river Yamuna. "Kisan Ghat" is the samadhi of another popular leader of the farmers, Choudhary Charan Singh, former Prime Minister of India. Chaudhari Devi Lal-Deputy Prime Minister of India and Minister for Home Affairs
In office19 October 1989 – 21 June 1991
Prime Minister-Vishwanath Pratap SinghChandra Shekhar Preceded by-Yashwantrao Chavan (Deputy from 1980)
Succeed ed by -Lal Krishna Advani (Deputy from 2002) Born-Sirsa, Haryana, British India Died-April 6, 2001 (aged 86)New Delhi, India Political party-Indian National Lok Dal Occupation-politician Website-www.inld.in



Jai Parkash1984-87 President, Lok Dal, District Jind, Haryana, 1987-90 President, Yuva Lok Dal, Haryana, 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha, 1990-91 Member, Subject Committee on Forests and Environment, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals, Nov. 1990-June 1991 Union Deputy Minister, Ministry of Petroleum, Chemical and Communications, Secretary, Samajwadi Janata Party, President, Yuva Janata Dal, Junior Vice-President, Haryana Vikas Party, 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term), 2000-2004 Member, Haryana Legislative Assembly, Chief Whip, Congress Legislature Party, Haryana Legislative Assembly, 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term), Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableJai Parkash (born 2 December 1954) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Hissa r constituency of Haryana and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He is notoriously known as a politician who is never committed to a single party but always committed to his personal political will. As a Congress candidate, Jai Prakash gave a tough fight to Kuldeep Bishnoi in his home constituency Adampur in Oct 2009 elections but lost with a narrow margin of 6000 votes. Jai Parkash-Former MP Constituency-Hissar
Born-2 December 1954 (1954-12-02) (age 55)Kaithal, Haryana Political party-INC Spouse(s)-Savitri Devi Saharan
Children-1 son and 1 daughter
Residence-Kaithal





Kuldeep Bishnoi
Kuldeep Bishnoi (born 22 September 1968) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha representing the Bhiwani constituency in Haryana.He is son of former chief minister of Haryana Bhajan Lal.He has floated his own party named Haryana Janhit Congress when his father was denied chief ministerial post after 2005 assembly elections.
2009 State Assembly Elections
Kuldeep and his party, Haryana Janhit Congress won 6 seats in state assembly elections in Oct 2009. He won from Adampur seat with a narrow margin of 6000 votes. This was the lowest margin ever got by Bhajan Lal family in Adampur seat, a pocket borough of the family. But Kuldeep's mother, Jasma Devi got an embarrassing defeat by the hands of Prof Sampat Singh in Nalwa cosntituency by a margin of 10901 votes. It was first defeat for Kuldeep's family in Haryana politics ever after formation of the state.
The worst jolt came to Kuldeep Bishnoi in first week of Nov 2009 when his negotiation talks with Congress party failed and 5 out of 6 legislators of his party merged with the ruling Congress party in Haryana. Kuldeep was left alone in the party. Kuldeep however showed strong commitment to stay aflot with the party and not to join Congress.
Kuldeep Bishnoi Born -22 September 1968 (1968-09-22) (age 41) Hisar, Haryana Political party- HJC Spouse(s)-Renuka Bishnoi Children- 2 sons (Bhavya and Chaitanya) and 1 daughter (Sia) Residence- New Delhi, Hisa r





Naveen Jindal
Naveen Jindal (born 9 March 1970) is a Member of Parliament, India since 2004 representing the Kurukshetra constituency in the state of Haryana. He is a member of the Congress Party. He is an industrialist with operations located in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He runs the rail & steel and power businesses of the Jindal Group, the fourth largest private sector Indian business group by assets and sales turnover. The Jindal group was founded by his father O. P. Jindal.
Prior to 2002, the Flag code of India did not permit flying of the Flag of India on non governmental institutions. In 2001, a case was filed against Naveen Jindal for flying the Flag of India atop his company building. He said that he was inspired by his American friends displaying their flag during his college days in USA and he believed that flying the national flag should be the right of every Indian. He took the case to the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India and won both cases. The Supreme Court ordered the Government of India to set aside a committee to look into this matter. Finally on January 26, 2002 (India's Republic Day), private citizens were allowed to fly India's flag inside and atop their buildings and institutions. His story was reported widely in the right-wing Indian media which hailed him as a liberator.
Personal life
Mr Jindal owns 45 horses and a polo team.
Naveen Jindal- MP Constituency- Kurukshetra Born-March 9, 1970 (1970-03-09) (age 40) Hissar, Haryana, India Political party-INC Spouse(s)-Shallu [1] Children-1 son and 1 daughter Residence-Kurukshetra Religion-Hindu






Om Prakash Chautala
Om Prakash Chautala (born January 1, 1935) is a politician from the state of Haryana. He is the Leader of Opposition in Haryana. He is the leader of the INLD (Indian National Lok Dal), a Haryana based political party in India, with support in Delhi, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan. He has been Chief Minister of Haryana state , for three times.In the 2005 Haryana state assembly elections, INLD lost its majority, subsequently the Congress won and Bhupinder Singh Hooda became the Chief Minister of Haryana. But in Assembly elections of 2009, his party made a great come back by winning 32 out of 90 seats leaving Congress at 40 only and re-establishing itself as a force in Haryana.
Indicting the former CM, his two sons, Abhay and Ajay, and their wives for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 1,467 crore, the CBI has filed a chargesheet in a Delhi Court. The CBI has submitted that Om Prakash Chautala and his family acquired more than 80 properties in diffe rent parts of India from 1993 to 2006.
In his Career he has represented the constituencies of Ellenabad, Rori, Narwana and Uchana Kalan (defeating INC heavy weight Birender Singh Grandson of Ch. Chotu Ram).
Chautala is the son of Chaudhari Devi Lal, a former deputy prime minister of India. He was born in a Sihag Jat family.
Om Prakash Chautala had his education at his native village and later on at Sangria and Dabwali. During his third tenure as chief minister, he initiated the high scale urban development work in Gurgaon, one of the fastest developing cities in Asia. He is a widely travelled politician covering every sphere of the globe.
Om Prakash Chautala was the Chief Minister of Haryana for the following terms:
December 2, 1989 to May 22, 1990
July 12, 1990 to July 17, 1990
July 24, 1999 to March 4, 2005
Chautala has been elected to the Haryana state assembly seven times, 1970, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2005 and 2009 . He remained a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1987 to 1990.
Chautala was appointed convener of the Anti-Dunkel Rally held on March 18, 1994 at Delhi. He remained memb er of important committees of the Rajya Sabha and Haryana Vidhan Sabha. He has two sons, Ajay Singh Chautala and Abhey Singh Chautala. Ajay Singh Chautala has been MP of Lok Sabha(1999-2004) & Rajya Sabha(2005-2009). Ajay is also popular leader and has been three times MLA, presently he is MLA from Dabwali, whereas two time MLA from Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha (Data Ramgarh-1989-1994 & Nohar- 1994-1998).
An honorary citizenship of Texas, United States of America has been granted to him.





Randeep Singh Surjewala
Randeep Singh Surjewala (born 3 June 1967) is an Indian politician belonging to Congress party. He is an MLA in the Haryana State Legislature and the current Water Supply and Sanitation, Parliamentary Affairs, Electronics and Information Technology, Science and Technology and Public Works (Building and Roads). minister in Haryana cabinet[1]. In 2005, he was given the Transport and Parliamentary Affairs becoming the youngest Minister in Haryana. In 1996 and 2005 he defeated Om Prakash Chautala on both occasions.
Early life
Randeep Singh Surjewala was born in Chandigarh the youngest and fourth child of Ch. Shamsher Singh Surjewala, and Vidya. His father was then Minister for Agriculture & Co-operatives in the First Ministry of State of Haryana. During the Partition of India in 1947, his mother along with her family and settled in Hisar in Haryana. He has three elder sisters – Madhu Dalal, Poonam Chaudhery and Neeru.
He went to Adarsh Bal Mandir and Arya Higher Secondary School, Narwana. He did his Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) (1981-85) from DAV School and his Bachelor of Law degree (1985-88) from Faculty of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh. During his years in Law Faculty, he remained Member of the Consultative Committee of the Faculty as also Chairman of the Lawyer’s Forum. He was also awarded his Master’s degree in Political Science by the same University in April, 1995.
His father role in India’s Freedom struggle started in 1940’s as President of Student Congress in District Sangrur (erstwhile Punjab). His father was expelled from Yadvindra State High School by the ruler of Sangrur for espousing the agenda of Indian National Congress. In September, 1957; his father started his law practice as an ace lawyer specializing in criminal law and jurisprudence but amiably graduated to grassroots politics getting elected first as Managing Director of Central Co-operative Bank, Sangur in 1959-60 and then as Chairman of Panchayat Samiti, Kalayat (now in District Kaithal) in the year 1961 and again in 1964. Randeep’s father is also a veteran Parliamentarian having been elected to Haryana Legislative Assembly in 1967, 1977, 1982, 1991 and 2005 and to Indian Parliament in the year 1993.
CareerAs a lawyer
Randeep Surjewala started his practice as an advocate at 21 in 1988. He commenced his practice with the solicitors firm ‘Shroff & Company, New Delhi’ in the year 1988 and later in the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh in 1991. Besides corporate and commercial litigation, he took up issues relating to farmers for their land.
Political career
Randeep Singh Surjewala became popular with high profile litigation in the Supreme Court. During 1977-80, his father's lasting loyalty and commitment, then Leader of Congress Legislature Party, for the resurgence of Indira Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
Organisational roles
At the age of 17, he was appointed as the youngest General Secretary of Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress. He was also appointed as the Youngest Senator of the Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1992. He also remained a Member of the Faculty Consultative Committee in the Law Faculty. He was again the youngest member to the syndicate of Punjab University, Chandigarh from 1995-96 and member of Academic Council, Member of Joint Consultative Committee and Youth Affairs Committee of the Punjab University Chandigarh. He also served as Chairman of the Haryana Lawyers’ Forum from 1990-95. From 1987-90, he was an active participant to rebuild the Congress in Haryana alongside his father, then PCC President.
He was in April, 1986 as youngest Joint Secretary of Haryana State Youth Congress and then as General Secretary. In March, 2000; Randeep became first ‘Haryanvi’ to be appointed as the National President of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC). He continued to be the President uptill February, 2005, thus making it the longest tenure in the history of IYC. In August, 2004, he was appointed as Secretary of All India Congress Committee, the youngest office bearer. In the run-up to the Assembly elections in Haryana, he was appointed as Working President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee in December, 2004 at the age of 37, the youngest President of PCC in the State.
On 20 August, 2002; Youth Congress set up a world record of blood donation by organizing donation of 14,089 units of blood in a single day.
Elections
He contested four elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly, 1993 bye election, 1996, 2000 and 2005. The party chose to field him against former Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala. He won in 1996 and 2005 defeating him on both occasions, a historical victory over, then sitting Chief Minister, a first in Northern India.
As a Minister
In March, 2005, Randeep was inducted as youngest Cabinet Minister in Haryana Cabinet headed by Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda with portfolios of Transport & Civil Aviation; PWD (Water Supply & Sanitation) and Parliamentary Affairs. Since September, 2007; Randeep was a Minister for Power; PWD (Water Supply & Sanitation) and Parliamentary Affairs and heads the Standing Policy Framing Committee on Civil Aviation. In November 2009, Randeep Singh Surjewala became Cabinet minister in Haryana Government, and holds the portfolios of Water Supply and Sanitation, Parliamentary Affairs, Electronics and Information Technology, Science and Technology and Public Works (Building and Roads) Department.[2]
He was appointed as Secretary of All Indian Congress Committee and Office In- charge of Uttar Pradesh affairs in August 2004. He was appointed as working President of Haryana. Surjewala was appointed as working President of Haryana Congress Committee in December 2004. He was the youngest person in the country to hold this office.
Social causes
A successful attempt was made to channelize the energy of Youth Congress for social causes by organizing collection and dispatch of 121 fodder trucks to drought-affected areas of Rajasthan, particularly ‘GAUSHALAS’ (May 7, 2000); a ‘JAL VITRAN ABHIYAN’ by supplying over 50,00,000 litres of water for four drought-affected districts of Rajasthan over a period of 30 days through 10 huge tankers and volunteers (May 30, 2000); a similar ‘JAL VITRAN ABHIYAN’ for the drought-affected areas of Jamnagar, Porbandar and Surender Nagar in Gujarat by supplying over 15,00,000 litres of water (May 31, 2000); setting up camp at Bhuj, Gujarat (epic-centre) post-devastation by killer earthquake for 30 days and distributing material worth over Rs.100 lakhs (January 26, 2001); collecting and dispatching 50 truck loads carrying 500 tons of relief material for the earthquake victims of Gujarat (February 4, 2001); collecting and dispatching eight truck loads carrying 720 quintals of wheat for border displaced persons of Jammu region (May 26, 2002); collecting and dispatching 30 truck loads carrying 2,700 quintals of wheat as 2nd installment for displaced persons of Jammu region (May 27, 2002); Launching ‘EK MUTHI ANAJ’ scheme to collect ‘one million kilograms’ of wheat for drought-affected areas of Rajasthan and dispatching 100 truck loads carrying 9,00,000 kilograms of wheat (May 27, 2003); sending a 2nd installment comprising 50 truck loads carrying 4,50,000 kilograms for drought-affected areas of Rajasthan (July 18, 2003) and collected and sent 4,000 quintals of wheat for flood-affected districts of Sitamari, Madhubani, Sahasrsa and Darbhanga in Bihar (Sept., 2004). These small steps go a long way in resolution of a wider magnitude of humanitarian problems.
Personal life
Randeep Surjewala is married to Gayatri in December, 1991 and has two sons, Arjun and Aditya.





Selja Kumari
Selja Kumari (born 24 September 1962) is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. She was also a member of the previous Lok sabha and a minister of state (independent charge) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in the UPA government.
Early life
Selja Kumari was born in New Delhi to the dalit leader Chaudhary Dalbir Singh. She studied at the elite Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi and has a M.Phil from Punjab University[disambiguation needed].
Political career
She began her political career in the Mahila Congress becoming its President in 1990. One of the seniormost dalit leaders within the Congress party, she was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 from Sirsa in Haryana. She was Union Minister of State for Education and Culture in the Narasimha Rao-led Congress government. Despite the Congress debacle in Haryana in 1996 she was reelected to the Lok Sabha.
In 2004, she was elected to the Lok Sabha representing the Ambala constituency of Haryana. She was Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government.On 16th May 2009; she has once again been re-elected from the same constituency making this her second consecutive victory from Ambala and was given an elevation to Cabinet rank holding portfolios of Housing, Urban Poverty Alleviation, Tourism and Culture.







Shruti Choudhry
Shruti Choudhry is granddaughter of former Haryana chief minister Late Chaudhary Bansi Lal and daughter of former Haryana agriculture minister and two time MP Late Chaudhary Surender Singh.Her mother,Kiran Choudhary was Minister of State for Tourism and Forest in Haryana's cabinet. A lawyer by education, she was chosen by congress party to contest Lok sabha election from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh in 2009[1] and defeated her nearest rival Ajay Singh Chautala of INLD [2] by a margin of 55097 [3].
In Oct 2009 assmebly elections, Both her uncles, Ranveer Singh Mahendra and Sombir Singh, who worked against her in MP elections were defeated.
Shruti Choudhry -Member of Parliament
In office-2009 - incumbent
Preceded by-Kuldeep Bishnoi, Inderjit Singh Rao
Constituency-Bhiwani-Mahendragarh
Born- October 3, 1975 (1975-10-03) (age 34)
Political party-Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)-Arunabh Choudhry
Residence-Bhiwani
Religion-Hind