S. S. Ahluwalia

The Hon'ble Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia
Member of the India Parliament for Darjeeling
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Jaswant Singh
Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Sanjeev Balyan[2]
Minister of State, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 2016
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Rajiv Pratap Rudy[3]
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-04) 4 July 1951 Asansol, Burdwan district, West Bengal, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janta Party
Spouse(s)	Monica Ahluwalia
Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
Residence	Patna & Darjeeling[4]
Alma mater	Burdwan University University of Calcutta[5]
Profession	Political Social Worker
Religion	Sikhism
As of 22 May, 2014 Source:

Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia (born 4 July 1951) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is its National Vice President. A Union Minister of State in the Government of India, he is the member of Parliament of India representing Darjeeling Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal in the 16th Lok Sabha. Previously he was a Member of Parliament representing Bihar and Jharkhand in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, over several terms from 1986-1992, 1992-1998, 2000–2006, and 2006-2012. He was earlier a member of the Indian National Congress.^[5]

SS Ahluwalia BJP - Filing Nominations for the 2014 Darjeeling Lok Sabha Parliamentary Constituency

He was elected into the Parliament as an MP from Bihar, in the year 1986. Over the years of his career, he has held the posts of Minister for Urban Development, and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Union Government headed by P. V. Narasimha Rao.^[5]

He was also the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, till 2012 when he lost his Rajya Sabha seat in the Jharkhand Rajya Sabha elections. He subsequently entered the Lok Sabha, winning the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections from Darjeeling.^{[6] [7]} He is at present a Member of the National Executive Committee of the BJP.

Career

Ahluwalia is a lawyer by profession.^[8]

Political career

Ahluwalia was a Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha representing Bihar and Jharkhand in 1986-1992, 1992-1998, 2000–2006, and 2006-2012. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Darjeeling Parliamentary Constituency of West Bengal with active support of a local unrecognized party Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in May 2014.^[8][9]

He served as Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Employment (Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation) and Parliamentary Affairs in P V Narasimha Rao Cabinet from 15 September 1995 to 16 May 1996. He was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from June 2010 to May 2012. He was inducted into the Union Council of Ministers as a Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs on 5 July 2016.^{[8][10][11][12]}

Positions held

• 1984 - 86 Member, the G.S. Dhillon Committee constituted by Government of India for providing relief and rehabilitation to the victims of the November 1984 riots in the country
• 1986 - 92 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Science and Technology Member, General Council of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
• 1987 - 88 Member, Select Committee on Medical Council Bill
• April 2000 - 2001 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture
• Sept 2000 - Aug 2004 Member, Committee on Finance
• 2001 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information Technology
• Aug 2001 - April 2006 and June 2006 onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee
• Jan 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
• Aug 2002 - Aug. 2004 Member, Committee on Information Technology
• Jan 2003 - July 2004 Member, Committee of Privileges
• Aug 2004 - April 2006 and May 2006 onwards Member, Committee on Home Affairs
• Aug 2004 - April 2006 and June 2006 onwards Member, House Committee
• Sept 2004 - Oct 2007 Member, National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education
• Oct 2004 - 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance
• June 2006 - Sept 2006 Member, Committee on Rules
• Sept 2006 onwards Member, Committee of Privileges
• April 2007 onwards Convenor, Sub-Committee on Civil Defence and Rehabilitation of J and K Migrants of the Committee on Home Affairs
• Sept 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Finance & Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Speeches and other contributions in international forums

• 1989 - Attended the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Human Rights Conference in Geneva, Switzerland as Alternate Leader of the Indian Delegation.

Speech Transcripts from the Conference:

Violation of Human Rights in the Occupied Arab Territories including Palestine Speech Transcript

Right to Development Speech Transcript

Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Speech Transcript

Torture and Enforced Disappearances Speech Transcript

Report of Sub-Commission Speech Transcript

Freedom of Religion Speech Transcript

• 2002 - Attended the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA as a Delegate.

Speech Transcripts from the Conference:

Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Children Speech Transcript

Social Development including questions relating to the World Speech Transcript

Gender Equality, development and peace for the 21st Century Speech Transcript

• 2002 - Attended the International Parliamentarians Association for Information Technology (IPAIT) I Conference in Seoul, Korea as Chair of the Steering Committee and moderated over Theme 2. Joint Communiqué
• 2002 - Attended the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Windhoek, Namibia as Leader of the Indian Delegation. Speech Transcript
• 2008 - Attended the International Parliamentarians Association for Information Technology (IPAIT) VI Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria as Vice-President of IPAIT. Joint Communiqué
• 2010 - IPU: (i) Served as Reporteur in the First Standing Committee on Peace & International Security in the 109th Assembly of IPU in Geneva. (ii) Served as Vice-President of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights in the 122nd IPU Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 2012 April - Farewell speech in the Rajya Sabha upon his retirement. S.S Ahluwalia's Farewell Speech on YouTube

Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPC)

• Aug 1992 - Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee to inquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions
• April 2001 - Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and matters relating thereto
• August 2003 - Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee on pesticide residues in food products and safety standards for soft drinks, fruit juices and other beverages
• JPC on Pesticide residue in soft drinks
• Report on Pesticide residue in soft drinks
• March 2011 - Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the irregular allocation of 2G Spectrum
• June 2015 - Chairman, Joint Committee of Parliament to look into provisions of Land Acquisition Amendment Bill 2015

References

External links

• Shri S.S. Ahluwalia - Profile

Modi ministry
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
Cabinet Ministers Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Defence Manohar Parrikar Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Singh Tomar Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Finance Arun Jaitley Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises Anant Geete Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi Railways Suresh Prabhu Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Space Narendra Modi Statistics and Programme Implementation D. V. Sadananda Gowda Steel Ch. Birender Singh Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Textiles Smriti Irani Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi
Ministers of State (Independent Charge) AYUSH Shripad Yasso Naik Coal Piyush Goyal Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman Communications Manoj Sinha Culture Mahesh Sharma Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh Environment, Forest and Climate Change Anil Madhav Dave Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya Mines Piyush Goyal New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal Planning Rao Inderjit Singh Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan Power Piyush Goyal Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy Tourism Mahesh Sharma Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel
Ministers of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L. Mandaviya Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution Chhotu Ram Chaudhary Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi Earth Sciences Y. S. Chowdary Electronics and IT P P Choudhary External Affairs M. J. Akbar V. K. Singh Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar Food Processing Industry Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises G. M. Siddeshwara Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey Upendra Kushwaha Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Law and Justice P P Choudhary Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Overseas Indian Affairs V. K. Singh Panchayati Raj Parsottambhai Rupala Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi S. S. Ahluwalia Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh Railways Manoj Sinha Rajen Gohain Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav Science and Technology Y. S. Chowdary Social Justice and Empowerment Krishna Pal Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla Steel Vishnudeo Sai Shipping Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Space Jitendra Singh Textiles Ajay Tamta Tribal Affairs Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sanjeev Balyan Vijay Goel Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Urban Development Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from West Bengal
GE 2014	Sisir Adhikary Suvendu Adhikari S S Ahluwalia Sultan Ahmed Idris Ali Subrata Bakshi Sudip Bandyopadhyay Abhishek Banerjee Kalyan Banerjee Prasun Banerjee Bijoy Chandra Barman Sugata Bose Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar Dev Dr Ratna De (Nag) Arpita Ghosh Anupam Hazra Choudhury Mohan Jatua Badaruddoza Khan Saumitra Khan Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury Mriganko Mahato Sunil Kumar Mandal Tapas Mandal Pratima Mondal Abhijit Mukherjee Mausam Noor Tapas Paul Aparupa Poddar Sandhya Roy Satabdi Roy Saugata Roy Md Salim Mamtaz Sanghamita Uma Saren Moon Moon Sen Renuka Sinha Babul Supriyo Kapil Krishna Thakur Dasrath Tirkey Dinesh Trivedi
Bye-elections 2015	Mamata Thakur Pre-bye poll: Kapil Krishna Thakur - deceased
15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP BH CT GA GJ HR HP JK JH KL KA MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeast AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union Territories AN CH DN DD LD DL PY

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