Krishan Pal Gurjar
Krishan Pal Gurjar is an Indian politician and is the present Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in Government of India.[1] As a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, he represents the Faridabad constituency in the state of Haryana. He won this seat in the 2014 Indian general election as a BJP candidate by a margin of 4,66,873 vote.
Krishan Pal Gurjar | |
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 Krishan Pal addressing at the inauguration of the “National Workshop on Autism Tools”, organised by the National Trust under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, in New Delhi | |
| Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment | |
| Assumed office November 2018 Serving with Vijay Sampla (2014-2019), Ramdas Athavale (since 2016) and Rattan Lal Kataria (since 2019) | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Faridabad | |
| Assumed office 26 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Avtar Singh Bhadana |
| Minister of State Shipping, Road Transport and Highways | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 26 November 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Succeeded by | Pon Radhakrishnan |
| Transport Minister for Haryana | |
| In office 1996–1999 | |
| Member of Legislative Assembly of Haryana | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Constituency | Tigaon |
| In office 1996–2004 | |
| Constituency | Mewla Maharajpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1957 Faridabad, Punjab (now Haryana) |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Children | Devinder Chaudhary (Sr. Deputy Mayor of MCF) |
| Father | Hans Raj Zaildar |
| Residence | Sector-28, Faridabad |
Early life and education
Krishan Pal Gurjar was born in Mewla Maharajpur, Faridabad, Haryana on 4 February 1957 to Hans Raj Zaildar.[2] He completed his graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru College in 1978 and got his Law degree from Meerut University.[3]
Career
He won the Corporation Councilor election in 1994 as a Bhartiya Janta Party candidate and became the party's State Minister. He became the Member of Legislative Assembly of Haryana for Mewla Maharajpur constituency in 1996. He won the MLA seat in next two consecutive terms again.[4] He served as Transport minister in Bansi Lal government from 1996 to 1999. He later served as BJP state President of Haryana.[2][3]
Gurjar became Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Faridabad in 2014 Indian general elections by defeating Avtar Singh Bhadana by 4,66,873 votes.[5] He defeated Bhadana again in 2019 Indian general elections by 6.44 lakh votes and became the member of 17th Lok Sabha. He declared his assets worth over ₹10 crore (US$1.4 million) in thr election affidavit.[3]
In May 2014, Gurjar became the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping. His ministry was later changed to Social Justice and Empowerment.[4] He continued the position of Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in May 2019 Second Modi ministry.[6]
References
- Constituencywise-All Candidates
- Krishan Pal Gurjar Biography, archived from the original on 18 November 2015, retrieved 15 October 2015
- "Haryana MP Krishan Pal Gurjar Retained as MoS in Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment", News18, 31 May 2019
- "Three MPs from Haryana get ministerial berths", India Today, 31 May 2019
- "Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's Krishan Pal leads in Faridabad; Congress' Avtar Singh Bhadana trails", Business Today, 23 May 2019
- "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
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