Kirodi Lal Meena

Kirodi Lal Meena (1951 - ) is an Indian MBBS doctor by profession. He was a independent MP from Dausa Lok Sabha constituency of the Indian state of Rajasthan. He was in Bharatiya Janata Party, but left it in 2008. As of 2016 he was a member of National People's Party. He was a cabinet minister and held the portfolio of food and civil supplies. He belongs to the Meena community.

Kirodilal meena is a powerful leader in Rajasthan,in 2008 election he is the man who stop bjp to coming in power again by supporting several congress, baspa and independent condidates.afterthat with supporting ashok gehlot as ,he is became kingmaker in Rajasthan. In this government his illiterate wife golma devi became minister.In 2009 meena won lokshaba election independently by a big margin from dausa . And again prove that he is only leader of eastern Rajasthan.

Early life

Meena was born into an agricultural family in 1951 in Khohra Mullah. He did his schooling at a Govt. school. M.B.B.S. Educated at S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan

Politics

• 1981-84 District President, BJP, Sawai Madhopur
• 1985-86 State Secretary, Rajasthan, BJP
• 1985-89,1993–98, 199 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (four terms)
• 1985-89 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
• 1986-88 State President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Rajsthan
• 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
• 1989-91 Member, Advisory Committee on Food and Civil Supply
• 1990 onwards Member, Indian Parliamentary Group
• 1990-91 Member, Joint Committee of Lok Sabha on Office of Profit
• 1993-97 State President, ST Front, BJP
• 1995-98 District Pramukh, District Council Dausa, Rajasthan
• 1998-99 State Vice-President, Rajasthan, BJP
• 1998-2000 National Vice-President, ST Front, BJP
• Member, National Council, BJP (four times)
• State Executive Committee, BJP (four times)
• Member, Wildlife Advisory Board, Rajasthan
• 1998-2003 Member, Estimate Committee (A)
• 2003-2008 Cabinet Minister for food & Supply, Govt. of Rajasthan
• 2007 - 2008 Chairman, Estimate Committee (B) in Rajasthan State Assembly
• 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
• 16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee on Water Resources Ministry
• 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

Activist

He participated in a demonstration along with thousands of workers at Asia`s biggest cement factory; Jaipur Udyog Ltd.. He faced a police lathi charge. He was seriously wounded and suffered paralytic strokes during a month-long incarceration. He led a 15-day `Padyatra` in ravine areas along with thousands of supporters to eradicate terror spread by Dacoit Bhagwan Singh and others. He started a large scale labour movement against the mining-mafias of Dhaulpur Badi with the slogan`Mine to the Miner` and as a result some 60,000 labourers got employment. He was arrested at Ayodhya for the cause of Ram Mandir. He was incarcerated in Tihar Jail during BJP`s `Ekta yatra'. He organised social movements to eradicate social evils including dowry, child marriage, bigamy, alcoholism and human trafficking. He staged a three-day dharana in the Churiyawas incident at Dausa. This resulted in the release of social reformers from the jails.

He participated in movements against atrocities against women and Dalits. He worked on a proposal of two multi-crore mega irrigation projects for a `Green Rajasthan State': Indira Gandhi Lift Irrigation Project on Chambal River and Rahughat Power Project.

He joined the `Jaipur Kooch` (March to Jaipur) along with 50 thousand others to provide water from the Yamuna and Chambal rivers for Dausa, Sawaimadhopur, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Jaipur, including Tonk area.

Dharna was conducted in front of CM Residence in Jaipur for atrocities against Dalits, Mahila and downtrodden classes in Rajasthan, leading to his incarceration in Ajmer jail.

External links

• Kirodi Lal Meena on Facebook
• "Detailed Profile - Dr. Kirodilal Meena - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". archive.india.gov.in. Retrieved 2016-05-19. 
• "Members Page". rajassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-05-19. 
• "Cannon explodes during salute, killing two". Reuters. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2016-05-19.