C. K. Jaffer Sharief

C. K. Jaffer Sharief
Minister of Railways
In office
21 June 1991 – 16 October 1995
Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao
Preceded by Janeshwar Mishra
Succeeded by Ram Vilas Paswan
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Bangalore North
In office
1977–1996
Preceded by K. Hanumanthaiah
Succeeded by C. Narayanaswamy
In office
1998–2004
Preceded by C. Narayanaswamy
Succeeded by H. T. Sangliana
Personal details
Born (1933-11-03) 3 November 1933
Challakere, Chitradurga, Kingdom of Mysore
(present-day Karnataka, India)
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Amina Bie
Children 4

Challakere Kareem Jaffer Sharief (born 3 November 1933) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is one of the seniormost Indian National Congress leaders. He was the Railways Minister in the Government of India from 1991–95.[1]

Political career

Jaffer Sharief started his career in the Indian National Congress under Nijalingappa. After a split in the Congress, he took the side of Indira Gandhi. As Railways minister, he was instrumental in gauge conversion of railways in the state, where all or most of the different gauges of tracks were converted to broad gauges, and thereby saving Railways a lot of money. He was also instrumental in getting the Wheel and Axle Plant in Bangalore.

As a Member of Parliament he had spent the highest amount allocated for development under the MPLADS scheme along with Deve Gowda, former prime minister of India. C K Jaffer Sharief's MPLADS funds were used for schools, colleges class rooms, computer centers for orphan children organisations. In 2012, Sharief was cleared by the Supreme Court of charges relating to expenditure on a trip to London for medical treatment. Sharief had taken several ministry officials with him, which the court found was not inappropriate.[2] Corruption charges were leveled against him during his tenure as Railway Minister.[3]

Personal life

Jaffer Sharief lost three members of his family, with his younger son in 1999, his wife in 2008 and his elder son in 2009, three days before his election to Lok Sabha.

References

  1. ↑ "Karnataka / Hassan News : Leaders' meeting in Hassan". The Hindu. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  2. ↑ "EX-minister Jaffer Sharief gets clean chit from Supreme Court in 1995 corruption case". 9 November 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.tehelka.com/why-congress-cannot-claim-credit-for-the-delhi-metro/


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