KHANDELWAL, SHRI PYARELAL [B.J.P.—Madhya Pradesh, Rajgarh, 1989]:  s. of Late Radhakrishna Khandelwal; b. at Charmandali, Sihor District, Madhya Pradesh, April 6, 1929; ed. Intermediate; unmarried; Political and social Worker, Agriculturist; participated in freedom struggle; 

Previous Association with Political Parties:  Organising Secretary BJS, Indore, Ujjain and Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 1964—77; Gen. Secy. JP, Madhya Pradesh, 1977—80;

Previous Membership:  Rajya Sabha, 1980—86;

Committee Experience:  Member, Advisory Committees, Information and Broadcasting and Family Welfare for 2 years each, Member, Committee on Government Assurances and Rules Committee, Rajya Sabha; Member, House Committee, December 28, 1989 and Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport, 1990;

Delegation to Foreign Countries:  Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to USSR, 1984;

Travels Abroad:  Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, U.K., USSR;

Special Interests:  Upliftment of farmers and adivasis; assisting the political prisoners;

Sports and Clubs:  Kabaddi, Kho-Kho;

Other Information:  Participated in the demonstration against Mr. Harton, the white Prime Minister of the Holkar State; suffered imprisonment in 1949 and in 1953 for participation in Kashmir Movement; remained underground during Emergency; joined RSS in 1940; Convenor, Madhya Pradesh Lok Sangharsh Samiti; Founder Member, Cherewari (Weekly) and ‘Move on’ (an English Weekly);

Permanent Address: BJP Office—74, Bunglow No. 32, Swami Dayanand Marg, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.