Name of Member: Shri Suraj Bhan
Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency & State: Ambala-SC (Haryana)
Lok Sabha Experience: 4,6,7,11
Member of Parliament
XI LOK SABHA
Father's Name : Late Shri Garibu Ram
Date of Birth : 1 October 1928
Place of Birth : Vill. Mehlan Wali in Distt. Yamuna Nagar (Haryana)
Marital Status : Married in 1935
Spouse's Name : Smt. Chameli Devi
Children : Three sons and four daughters
Educational Qualifications :
M.A., LL.B.
Educated at Punjab and Kurukshetra University, Haryana
Profession :
Agriculturist, Lawyer and Social Worker
Permanent Address :
(i) Vill. Mehlan Wali, Teh. Jagadhari,
Distt. Ambala-134003 (Haryana)
(ii) 121, Railway Road, Ambala Cantt. (Haryana)
Tels. (0171) 643551, 643001
Positions Held :
1960 Associated with Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1967 Elected to Lok Sabha (Fourth)
1968-70 and 1977-79 President, All India S.C. Wing, Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1968-70 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes
1968-70 and 1977 onwards General Secretary, Parliamentary Forum for
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
1969 President, Jan Sangh, Haryana
1970-73 Member, All India Working Committee, B.J.S.
1973-87 Secretary, Jan Sangh, Haryana
1977 Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Sixth)
Chairman, Committee on Petitions
1977-79 Chairman, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes
1978-79 Chairman, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the revision of the List
of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
1979 Member, Public Accounts Committee
1980 Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) for the third time
1987 Elected to Haryana Legislative Assembly
1987-89 Minister, Revenue, Haryana
1989-90 Leader of Opposition, Haryana Legislative Assembly
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fourth time
16 May - 1 June 1996 Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture
12 July 1996 Elected (unanimously), Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
Books Published :
Edited 'Upright'-an English fortnightly in 1969 and 1970
Social and Cultural Activities :
Worked for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Association; President, Punjab Scheduled Castes Students Federation 1947 to 1949; Founder President, Punjab Scheduled Castes Welfare Association and remained its President till 1996; President, SC and ST Morcha, B.J.P.
Special Interests :
Fought continuously against casteism and worked for the upliftment and welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, labourers and farmers
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Gardening and reading Sports and Clubs : Volley-ball and Hockey Countries Visited :
Algeria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Dubai, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, Oman, Poland, Sudan, Taiwan, U.A.E., U.K. and West Germany
Other Information :
Associated with P&T Trade Union in various capacities from 1950-67; Courted arrest a number of times in various political agitations; Organising Secretary, Haryana Harijan Sangharsh Samiti, 1973-76; Detained under M.I.S.A. during emergency. General Secretary, Bhartiya Depressed Classes League since 1978
Election Result :
Ambala-SC Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 10,98,767
Total votes polled 8,24,298
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Suraj Bhan (B.J.P.) 2,53,555
(2) Shri Sher Singh (I.N.C.) 1,66,408
(3) Shri Aman Kumar Nagra (B.S.P.) 1,64,288
(4) Shri Balwant Singh (S.A.P.) 1,35,702
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