Balram Jakhar
Balram Jakhar | |
|---|---|
Prakash Singh Badal | |
| Succeeded by | Prakash Singh Badal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1923 Sunil Jakhar, Sajjan Jakhar, Surinder Jakhar |
| Profession | Farmer, Politician |
Balram Jakhar (23 August 1923 – 3 February 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the
Early life and education
Jakhar was born in a Hindu
Politician
A lifelong member of the Congress party, Jakhar founded the Bharatiya Krishak Samaj, a farmers' organization, in 1965. He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1972 and was re-elected in 1977, becoming the Leader of the Opposition.
Jakhar then moved to national politics. He was elected in 1980 to the seventh
He was an attendee of the second Provisional World Parliament held in New Delhi on March 17, 1985.[2]
The Sikar parliamentary seat was won by Devi Lal in the elections of 1989. In 1991, Jakhar was again elected to parliament from the Sikar constituency and his party returned to power in India. Jakhar was made Union Agriculture minister under Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao in 1991.
After the Congress party returned to power in 2004, he was appointed Governor of Madhya Pradesh and served from 30 June 2004 to 30 May 2009.[3]
Personal life
Jakhar was born into an affluent land-owning
- Sajjan Kumar Jakhar, the eldest son, is a former minister in the Punjab government. Father of Ajay Vir Jakhar.
- Ajay Vir Jakhar, son of Sajjan Kumar Jakhar, is Chairman of Bharat Krishak Samaj, a farmer organization, and writes frequently on farmer issues in reputed newspapers.
- Surinder Jakhar, second son, died of a self-inflicted bullet injury (probably accidental) in 2011. Surinder served as chairman of Asia’s cooperative fertiliser giant IFFCO for four terms and chief of Asian Cooperative Alliance for two terms.[4] Surinder is the father of Sandeep Jakhar.
- Sandeep Jakhar, son of Surinder Jakhar, is one of very few candidates who managed to win on a Congress party ticket in the Punjab assembly election of 2022.
- Sunil Jakhar, youngest son. Before resigning from the party in 2022, Sunil was long a member of his father's Congress party. He is a three time MLA from Abohar. He became Leader of the Opposition in Punjab in March 2012. He was elected to parliament from Gurdaspur in 2017 and was made President of his party's Punjab unit the same year. He left the party on 14th May 2022. He is currently serving as President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjabunit since 4th July 2023.
References
- ^ "Balram Jakhar passes away". The Hindu. 4 February 2016.
- ^ "Ram Niwas Mirdha News Photo (From left to right) Ram Ni..." Times Of India. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Official Webpage on Loksabha Website". National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Service, Tribune News. "Sandeep fourth Jakhar to enter election arena". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
External links
- . 4 April 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20050404064123/http://mpinfo.org/hindi/governor/aboutgov.htm. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - "IFFCO chairman Surinder Jakhar shot dead accidentally". Archive.is. 15 July 2011. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2019.