Balwant Singh Ramoowalia
Balwant Singh Ramoowalia | |
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| Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council | |
| In office April 2016 – April 2022 | |
| Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Government of India | |
| In office 1996–1998 | |
| Preceded by | Kariya Munda |
| Succeeded by | Maneka Gandhi |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Gurcharan Singh Nihalsinghwala |
| Succeeded by | Rajdev Singh |
| Constituency | Sangrur |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 1996–2002 | |
| Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
| Minister of Jail Government of Uttar Pradesh[1] | |
| In office 2015–2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1942 |
| Political party | Samajwadi Party(2015-Present) |
| Other political affiliations | Lok Bhalai Party(1999-2011)Shiromani Akali Dal(2011-2015) |
Balwant Singh Ramoowalia[2] (born 15 March 1942) is an Indian politician from Samajwadi Party. His father Karnail Singh Paras was a well-known Kavishar. Balwant Singh started his political career with student politics as a general secretary of Student Federation of India in 1963. He went on to join All India Sikh Students' Federation and was its president from 1968 to 1972.[3]
Later he joined Akali Dal and became Member of Parliament from Sangrur. He left Akali Dal to get elected to Rajya Sabha in 1996 and served as the Union Minister for Social Welfare.
Position held
[edit]Ramoowalia was
- President of All India Sikh Students Federation, 1968–72
- General Secretary, Students' Federation of India, 1963–64
- Leader of Akali Dal in 8th Lok Sabha
- Member, (i) Senate Punjabi University, Patiala, 1978–80, (ii) Syndicate, Punjabi University, Patiala since 1996, (iii) Board of Indian Airlines, 1991–93, (iv) 6th and 8th Lok Sabha, (v) Public Accounts Committee, 1987–88, (vi) Estimates Committee, 1986–87, (vii) Committee on Public Undertakings, 1988–89, (viii) Business Advisory Committee, 1978–79, (ix) Committee on Petitions, 1978–79, (x) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Industry, 1985–89, (xi) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs, 1978–79 and (xii) Committee on Labour and Welfare
- Union Minister of Social Welfare, 1996–98
- elected to the Rajya Sabha in November, 1996.
- Prison minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh 2015-2017 (Akhilesh Yadav ministry)[4]
Other associations
[edit]- Chief Patron, International Punjabi Society
- President, Shiromani Punjabi Sabha
- Member, India International Centre.
- Travels abroad: UK, U.S., Russia, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Iraq, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Japan and Philippines.
- Awarded "Secular Punjabi of the Globe" by the Indo-Canadian Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Publications: Punjab Di Dhaun Utte Talwar.
References
[edit]- ^ "Badal Aide Dumps Akali Dal, Joins Akhilesh Yadav's Government as Minister".
- ^ "Eighty per cent of the marriages to NRI men in Punjab are doomed, as the husbands never return to take their brides," says Balwant Singh Ramoowalia, the lone crusader for the helpless NRI wives.
- ^ "Balwant Ramoowalia in Yuba City on Punjabi TV Program".
- ^ B.S. Ramoowalia
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[edit]Categories:
- Living people
- Former members of Shiromani Akali Dal
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Punjab, India
- Samajwadi Party politicians
- India MPs 1977–1979
- India MPs 1984–1989
- 1942 births
- Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
- Lok Sabha members from Punjab, India
- People from Faridkot district
- Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
- People from Sangrur district