Dinesh Kaushik (born 13 April 1960) is an independent politician and current Member of Legislative Assembly in

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. He represents

Pundri Pundri is a City and a municipal committee, near Kaithal City in Kaithal district of the Indian state of Haryana. Pundri along with Pundrak was named after the sage Pundarik, who is highly revered by all Hindus. Pundri is the seat of a Tehsil ...

constituency in the

Haryana Legislative Assembly The Haryana Legislative Assembly or the Haryana Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Haryana state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Chandigarh, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Members of L ...

Career

Author and academic D. C. Verma, in his book ''Haryana'', highlights Kaushik's mobilising efforts in

Karnal Karnal ( is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. It was used by East India Company army as a refuge during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Delhi. The Battle of Karnal between ...

since the late 1980s. Verma notes that he campaigned and organised for more than a decade in the area without stepping into electoral politics. The Pundri constituency in Haryana has consistently elected independent MLAs since 1996. Kaushik won it as such a candidate in the 2005 state assembly elections Kaushik was among nine former independent MLAs from the state who joined the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

party after those elections. Kaushik won the 2014 Assembly campaign, again as an independent candidate. Soon after being elected in 2014, Kaushik indicated his support for

Manohar Lal Khattar Manohar Lal Khattar (born 05 May 1954) is an Indian politician serving as the 10th and current chief minister of Haryana. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a former RSS pracharak. He represents Karnal constituency in Haryan ...

, the BJP leader who became

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

. He is a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Haryana Legislative Assembly and has been part of the Library Committee and the Committee on Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj.

Personal life

Kaushik is the chairman of the BPR Educational Institutions. Kaushik is married to Sandhya Kaushik and has two sons. His son Sudhanshu Kaushik is an international youth activist.

References

External links

FacebookTwitterInstagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaushik, Dinesh Living people People from Kaithal district 1960 births Haryana MLAs 2014–2019 Independent politicians in India Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana People from Karnal district