Name of Member: Shri Daya Singh Sodhi
Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency & State: Amritsar (Punjab)
Lok Sabha Experience: 12
SODHI, SHRI DAYA SINGH [BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - AMRITSAR (PUNJAB)]
Father's Name Shri Kartar Singh
Date of Birth 1 February 1925
Place of Birth Butala, Distt. Amritsar (Punjab)
Marital Status Married on 26 January 1951
Spouse's Name Smt. Kailash Sodhi
Children Two sons
Educational Qualifications
Matriculate
Educated at Punjab University, Lahore (Now in Pakistan)
Profession
Political and Social Worker, Trader and Industrialist
Permanent Address
1528/12, Katra Sher Singh,
Amritsar (Punjab)
Tels. (0183) 556104, 532253(R) 541619(O)
Present Address
Punjab Bhawan,
New Delhi - 110001
Tel. (011) 3782025
Positions Held
1951- onwards Member, Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.)
1967-74 Member, Municipal Committee, Amritsar (two terms)
1991-96 Member, Municipal Corporation, Amritsar
1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
1998-99 Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
and its Sub-Committee-II on Rural Areas & Employment;
and Action Taken Sub-Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Peroleum and Natural Gas
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Social service and recitation of Gurbani
Countries Visited
Indonesia
Other Information
Convenor, Rashtriya Sikh Sanghthan, Punjab
Election Result of
Amritsar Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 11,98,245
Total votes polled 6,50,837
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Daya Singh Sodhi (B.J.P.) 3,61,133
(2) Shri Raghunandan Lal Bhatia (I.N.C.) 2,69,993
(3) Smt. Durga Dass (Ind.) 5,746
(4) Smt. Amarjit Kaur Gopalpura [B.S.P.(A)] 3,277
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