Name of Member: Shri Virendra Verma
Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency & State: Kairana (Uttar Pradesh)
Lok Sabha Experience: 12
Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 12th Lok Sabha
VERMA, SHRI VIRENDRA
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - KAIRANA (UTTAR PRADESH)]
Father's Name Choudhury Raghuveer Singh
Date of Birth 18 September 1916
Place of Birth Shamli, Distt. Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)
Marital Status Married in June 1940
Spouse's Name Smt. Rameshwari Devi
Children One son and two daughters
Educational Qualifications
B.A., LL.B.
Educated at Agra University, Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
Profession
Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address
Shamli, District
Muzaffarnagar-247776
(Uttar Pradesh)
Tel. (01398) 50102
Present Address
7, Kamraj Lane,
New Delhi -110011
Tel. (011) 3792253
Positions Held
1948-52 President, District Board, Muzaffarnagar,
Uttar Pradesh
1950-59 President, District Congress Committee, Muzaffarnagar
1950-80 Member, All India Congress Committee
1952-62 Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
(four terms)
1959-60 Deputy Minister, Co-operation, Uttar Pradesh
1960-67 Member, Executive Council, Indian National
Congress (I.N.C.), Uttar Pradesh
1970-71 Cabinet Minister, Irrigation, Power, Industries,
Labour, Education and Technical Education and
Home Departments
1973-75 Chairman, Public Undertakings Committee
1975-77 Cabinet Minister, Agriculture, Uttar Pradesh
1977-80 Member, Congress Working Committee
1984-90 Member, Rajya Sabha
1984-88 Leader, Lok Dal Parliamentary Party, Rajya Sabha
1984 Member, General Purposes Committee
1984-85 and Member, Committee of Privileges (two terms)
1988
1984-85 Member, Joint Committee of Parliament on (i) Lok
Pal Bill, 1985; and (ii) Indian Medical Council
Bill, 1987
1987-90 Vice-President, Rashtriya Lok Dal
1988-90 Deputy Leader, Janta Dal (J.D.) Parliamentary
Party, Rajya Sabha
1990 Governor, Punjab
Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh
1990-93 Governor, Himachal Pradesh
1990-96 Member, Rajya Sabha (2nd term)
1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
1998-99 Member, Committee on Agriculture
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Food and Consumer Affairs
Special Interests
Education, agriculture, games and sports, upliftment of the
Kisans, Harijans, Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes
Sports and Clubs
Wrestling, captain of hockey and volleyball teams during
college days
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (17 countries)
Other Information
President, District Board, Muzaffarnagar, 1948-52; Vice-
President, U.P. Sugarcane Cooperative Union Federation,
1949-55; Chairman, (i) Indian Sugarcane Development Council,
1967-75; and headed U.P. Sugar Mills Nationalisation
Committee, 1970; Member, (i) Indian Central Sugarcane
Committee; (ii) U.P. Bihar Sugarcane Board, 1952-55; and
(iii) Transport Authority, 1957-59
Election Result of
Kairana Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 10,91,717
Total votes polled 7,32,361
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Virendra Verma (B.J.P.) 2,89,110
(2) Shri Munawwar Hasan (S.P.) 2,26,935
(3) Shri Nakli Singh (B.K.K.G.P.) 1,18,535
(4) Shri Sudhir Kumar Goel (B.S.P.) 62,038
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