Place of Birth |
Narwana |
Sex |
Male |
Father Name |
Shri. Shamsher Singh Surjewala |
Marital Status |
Married |
Spouse Name |
Smt. Gayatri Singh Surjewala |
Number of Son(s) |
2 |
Number of Daughter(s) |
– |
Qualification(s) |
B.Com. (Hons.), M.A (Pol.Science), LL.B. |
Place(s) of Education |
Narwana, Haryana and Chandigarh. |
Present Profession |
M.L.A , Incharge,Communication AICC , Lawyer, Agriculturist . |
Language(s) Known |
Hindi, English and Punjabi. |
Social Activities |
As National President of Youth Congress, organized two Blood Donation Camps on 20.08.2002 on 21.05.2003 setting up world records of blood donation of 14,089 units and 32,531 respectively in a single day across India. In addition, successfully channelized the energy of Youth Congress for following social causes • Organized collection and dispatch of 121 fodder trucks to Drought affected areas of Rajasthan, particularly GAUSHALAS (07.052000). • Organized a JAL VITRAN ABHIY AN by supplying over 50 Iakh Iitres of water for four drought affected districts of Rajasthan over a period of 30 days through 10 huge tankers and volunteers (30.05.2000). • Organized a similar JAL VITRAN ABHIYAN for the drought affected areas of Jam nagar, Porbandar and Surender Nagar in Gujarat by supplying over 15,00,000 litres of water (31.05.2000). • Organized a camp at Bhuj Gujarat (epic centre) post devastation by killer earthquake for 30 days and distributing material Worth over Rs.I00 lakhs (26.01.2001). • Organized collection and dispatch of 50 truck loads carrying 500 tons of relief material for the earthquake victims of Gujarat (04.01.2001). • Organized collection and dispatch of 3420 quintals wheat for border displaced persons of Jammu region (26.05.2002 and 27.05.2002). • Launched EK MUTHI ANAJ scheme to collect one million kilograms of wheat for drought affected areas of Rajasthan and dispatching 1350 quintals of wheat for drought affected areas of Rajasthan (27.05.2003 and 18.07.2003). • ColJected and sent 4,000 quintals of wheat for flood affected districts of Sitamari, Madhubani, Sahasrsa and Darbhanga in Bihar in September, 2004. |
Hobbies |
Sports, Long walks and Technology |
Favourite Past-time |
long walks, Listening to Ghazals and Travelling |
Sports and Clubs |
badminton , Cricket |
Foreign Travels |
USA, UK, Canada , Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand etc. |
Office |
•Joint Secretary General Secretary of Haryana State Youth Congress (1986). • Chairman, Haryana Lawyers Forum (1990 to 95) of Panjab University. •During 1992 to 2000 was Senator, Elected Member of Syndicate three times, Elected Chairman, Joint Consultative Machinery, Elected Member, Academic Council, Chairman, Youth Affairs Committee and Member, Faculty Consultative Committee in the Law Faculty (1997 to 98) of Panjab University, Chandigarh. •General Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress (1994 to 98). •Spokesperson, Congress Legislative Party (1996 to 99). •Chief Whip, Congress Legislative Party m Haryana Legislative Assembly (1996 to 2000). •Member, Sam Pitroda Committee of AICC Party Reforms. •President, Indian Youth Congress (March, 2000 to 2005). •Working President, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee and Secretary, All India Congress Committee. •Cabinet Minister in Haryana Council of Ministers (2005 to 2014). •Spokesperson, All India Congress Committee (2014 to 15). |
Conferences Attended |
Conference of Common Wealth Lawyers, SAARC Lawyers conference, Indo Japan Global Partnership Summit 2011 |
Number of Times Elected |
4 |
Years of Election |
1996, 2005 and 2009, 2014 |
Favourite Subjects |
Technology, Social Reconstruction, Urban and Rural Development, Social Inclusion. |
Publications |
Have written a series of articles in various newspapers ,news magazmes . |
Permanent Address |
Kisan Bhawan, Surjewala Niwas, Dhand Road, Kaithal. |
Veg/Non-Veg |
veg |
Total Votes |
180979 |
Total Votes Polled |
151685 |
Winning Candidate Votes |
65524 |
Nearest Rival Votes |
41849 |
Won By |
23675 |
Any Other Information |
– |