Rajendra Agrawal | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
Assumed office 16 May 2009 | |
Preceded by | Mohammed Shahid Akhlaq |
Constituency | Meerut |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Pilkhuwa,Uttar Pradesh,India | 2 October 1951
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Uma Agrawal |
Children | 2 (1 son &1 daughter) |
Parent | Om Prakash (father) &Satyavati (mother) |
Residence | Meerut &New Delhi |
Education | M.Sc (Physics) |
Alma mater | M. M.(P.G) College &Ghaziabad |
Occupation | Politician &Businessperson |
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Rajendra Agrawal (born 2 October 1951) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. [2] He represents the Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency) of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [1]
He has been elected as a Member of Parliament from the Meerut-Hapur constituency for three times since 2009. [3] He is the Chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances and is also a member of Panel of Chairpersons of Lok Sabha. [4] He was the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,2016. [4]
Rajendra Agrawal was born in Pilkhuwa,Uttar Pradesh to Shri Om Prakash Agrawal and Smt. Satyavati Agrawal. [5] He holds master's degree (M.Sc) in Physics from M.M.(P.G) College,Modi Nagar,Ghaziabad,Uttar Pradesh. [4] He is a businessperson by profession. [1]
Agrawal joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in school days as an active worker. [4] He has worked as a Pracharak from 1971 to 1984. [4]
Agrawal started his political career as the President of BJP Meerut Mahanagar in 1997. [5] He became the Incharge of BJP Intellectual and Training Cell of Western Uttar Pradesh in 2000. He further became the Secretary of BJP,Western Uttar Pradesh in 2002 and continued in the post till 2007. In 2007,he became the President of the BJP Intellectual Cell,Uttar Pradesh. [5]
Agrawal contested from the Meerut-Hapur Lok Sabha constituency in 2009 General Elections and won from the seat. [6] He was re-elected from the seat in 2014 by a record margin of over 2,30,000 votes. [6] In 2019,he again won the Lok Sabha seat of the Meerut-Hapur Constituency by defeating his rival Yakub Qureishi and became the Member of 17th Lok Sabha. [7] [6]
Agrawal has been an active parliamentarian with a high attendance of 98% when the National Average is 80%. He has participated in 172 debates of the Parliament when the National Average is 67.1. He has also asked 298 questions and proposed 8 Private Member's Bills. [8] Agrawal has raised some vital issues in Parliament including setting up of High Court Bench in Meerut, [9] issues concerning water pollution,education,healthcare etc. [8]
Agrawal is currently the Chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances and the member of Panel of Chairpersons,Lok Sabha. He has also been the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,2016. [4]
Agrawal has introduced a number of Private Members' Bills in Parliament over some very important issues. Some of the bills that he has introduced are:
From July 1975 to April 1977,Agrawal was imprisoned for about 21 months under D.I.R &M.I.S.A. He has also faced several short-term imprisonments for Ayodhya and other social causes. [1]
# | From | To | Position |
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01 | 2009 | - | Elected to 15th Lok Sabha |
02 | 20-Jul-2009 | - | Member,Committee of Parliament on Official Language |
03 | 31-Aug-2009 | - | Member,Committee on Information Technology |
04 | 16-Sep-2009 | - | Member,Consultative Committee,Ministry of Railways |
05 | 23-Sep-2009 | - | Member,Committee on Petitions |
06 | May-2014 | - | Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
07 | 1-Sep-2014 | - | Member,Committee on Government Assurances, Standing Committee on Urban Development, Consultative Committee in Ministry of Rural Development,Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation |
08 | 1 Sep. 2016 | 25 May 2019 | Member,Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas |
09 | 25 Dec. 2017 | 25 May 2019 | Chairperson,Joint Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill,2016 |
10 | May,2019 | Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term) | |
11 | 21 June 2019 | Member,Panel of Chairpersons,Lok Sabha |
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