Satish Kumar Gautam

Satish Kumar
Member of the India Parliament
for Aligarh
Assumed office
1 September 2014
Constituency Aligarh
Personal details
Born (1972-07-01) 1 July 1972
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Smt. Meenakshi Gautam
Children 2
Residence Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Occupation Businessperson
As of 17th December, 2016
Source:

Satish Kumar (also known as Dushyant) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won the Indian general elections, 2014 from the Aligarh (Lok Sabha constituency) constituency of Uttar Pradesh.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life and education

Born to Damodar Gautam and his wife Ramdevi on 1 July 1972 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Satish Kumar has completed his education till the matriculation level.

Political career

  • Positions held


In May 2014 elected to 16th LokSabha

Member of standing committee : Chemicals & fertilizers from September 2014 to July 2015

From September 2014 to 23 July 2015 Member, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways

23 July 2015 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Labour

Controversy

In May 2018, Satish Kumar Gautam triggered unrest when he demanded the portrait of Muhammad Jinnah be removed from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Violent protests ensued, allegedly led by Hindu activists, over the portrait of the founder of Pakistan and former Muslim League leader. Following the protests, students from the university organized a peaceful protest to stand against the oppression.[5][6]

Satish sparked controversy once more in the month of May when a video surfaced of the MP abusing power in an attempt to interfere with the railway schedule. In the video, he is seen yelling at an official, demanding that the Vaishali Express enter the station before the scheduled Rajdhani Express due to the regional president of BJP arriving from the former.[7]

Personal life

Satish got married to Meenakshi Gautam on 30 April 1993. Satish is very fond of sports, particularly Kabbadi.

References

  1. ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  2. ↑ Jaiswal, Anuja. "On Raksha Bandhan, BJP MP to provide insurance to 11,000 women and 100 toilets in Aligarh - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Verma, Lalami (29 May 2015). "BJP MPs ready progress report on constituency work". The Indian Express. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Members : Lok Sabha". Parliament of India. Parliament of India. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "AMU portrait row: BJP MP Satish Kumar Gautam criticises Hamid Ansari for supporting students - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  6. ↑ "Member of key AMU body for 3 years, why is this BJP MP opposing Jinnah's portrait now?". India Today. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  7. ↑ "Aligarh BJP MP Satish Gautam 'threatens' railway official, says 'stop Rajdhani, allow Vaishali exp' - Times of India ►". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-07-30.


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