Ajay Maken
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Ajay Maken (born 12 January 1964) is a politician from the
He was twice elected as a Member of the Parliament of India, and three times to the Delhi Legislative Assembly. He was the President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.[3]
Political career
Maken has been a two-time Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2014)[4] and three-time Member of Legislative Assembly of Delhi (from 1993 to 2004).
At the National level, Maken was the youngest Union Cabinet Minister from the Congress Party for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (2012–13),[5][6] Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Sports and Youth Affairs (2011–12),[7] Union Minister of State for Home Affairs (2009–2011),[8] Union Minister of State for Urban Development (2006–2007).[9]
At the State level, he was Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly (2003–04) [10] at the age of 39, Maken was the youngest Speaker in the Country, a Cabinet Minister of Power, Transport and Tourism (2001-2003) at the age of 37, the youngest until that time and Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (1998-2001).
Maken was the first
Lok Sabha
In the 2004 general election, Maken represented the Congress for the New Delhi constituency. He defeated a sitting Cabinet Minister, Jagmohan, from the Bharatiya Janata Party.[12]
In the 2009 general elections, he retained the New Delhi Parliamentary constituency. He was appointed the Minister of State for Home Affairs.[citation needed]
In 2011, Maken was appointed the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs[13] after the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam, replacing M. S. Gill as Sports Minister.[14]
He was appointed Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (I/C) in 2012.[15]
Maken was defeated in the 2014 general elections by the BJP candidate Meenakshi Lekhi. He served as the Congress General Secretary until 2015, when he resigned after the party's failure to win any seat in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.[16]
Personal life
Ajay Maken is married and has three children. He received his education in
References
- ^ "Congress Appoints Ajay Maken As AICC General Secretary Of Rajasthan; Gehlot, Pilot Welcome Move". Outlook. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "The Big Cabinet Reshuffle". NDTV.com. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Aiyar angers Hansarians". The Telegraph. Kolkota. 13 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "Detailed Profile: Shri Ajay Maken". Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Achiever Maken moves up theLadder". Times Of India. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Times Of India". Archived from the original on 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Know your ministers". NDTV.COM. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Parliament Archives".
- ^ "Archives Government of India".
- ^ "Delhi Legislative Assembly".
- ^ "Delhi University Beat News". 31 August 2017.
- ^ "Confidence, killer instinct did the trick". The Times of India. 14 May 2004. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Cabinet Secretariat – Ministers of State (Independent Charge)(as on 18.12.2011)". Cabsec.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Mather, Nazrin (2 January 2018). "Can Rajyavardhan Rathore surpass Ajay Maken as India's best Sports Minister". thebridge.in.
- ^ "Achiever Maken moves up the ladder". The Times of India. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Delhi poll debacle: Ajay Maken takes responsibility, resigns as Congress General Secretary". deccanchronicle.com. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Ajay Maken Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". www.elections.in. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ Chadha, Kumkum (16 November 2009). "The making of Maken". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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