Smt. Geeta Bhukkal (born 16 August 1968) is an

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politician representing the

Jhajjar Jhajjar is a town in Jhajjar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city is situated on the road connecting Rewari to Rohtak (NH-352), Loharu to Meerut (NH334B), Charkhi Dadri to Delhi and Gurgaon to Bhiwani. Jhajjar is located west o ...

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constituency 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 a ...

, India. She held Education, Health, Women & Child Development, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfare of SCs & BCs, Industrial Training and Printing & Stationery as a Minister in the

Cabinet.

Early life

Bhukkal was born to Sh. Rattan Singh Punia at

Matanhail Matanhail is a large village and headquarter of eponymous Matanhail Tehsil and Block in Jhajjar District of Haryana, India. It belongs to Rohtak Division. It is located 22 km west of the District headquarters Jhajjar. It is a tehsil headquar ...

village in

district of

. After completing her B.A. from

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Chandigarh Chandigarh () is a planned city in India. Chandigarh is bordered by the state of Punjab to the west and the south, and by the state of Haryana to the east. It constitutes the bulk of the Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh, which a ...

, she did her post-graduate diploma in personnel management and industrial relations from D.A.V Management College,

. Bhukkal also completed her bachelor of law degree from the

University of Delhi Delhi University (DU), formally the University of Delhi, is a collegiate university, collegiate Central university (India), central university located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly and ...

and her bachelor in education from

Maharishi Dayanand University Maharshi Dayanand University, also called M.D. University or simply MDU, is a university in Rohtak, Haryana, India. Established in 1976 and named after the saint Dayananda Saraswati. Maharshi Dayanand University, ab initio established as Rohta ...

Rohtak Rohtak () is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies north-west of New Delhi and south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National ...

and after that she went for an M.A. in political science.

Political career

Bhukkal was elected as a

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. ...

for the first time from

Kalayat Kalayat is a city and a municipal committee in Kaithal district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is historical town known as Kapilayat and Kapilayatana in past, named after the Vedic sage Kapil Muni, is home of the 8th century Kalayat Ancient ...

Assembly Segment in 2005. She won this seat for the

for the first time in 37 years. Following delimitation before the 2009 Assembly elections, she contested from the

Assembly Segment in 2009, winning the election with a margin of over 28,000 votes. She was made the Cabinet Minister for Education & Languages, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes, Women & Child Development, Industrial Training, Archaeology & Museums, Archives, Health & Medical Education, and Printing & Stationery. She won the 2014 Assembly election from the

Assembly Segment with a margin of over 26,000 votes becoming the first M.L.A. from

to have won a consecutive term and she even became first Education Minister to have won an election, creating a record of sorts. She won the 2019 Assembly election from the

Assembly Segment with a margin of over 15,000 votes becoming the first M.L.A. from

to have won the seat three times in a row and making it a hat-trick of her winning in the

Assembly Segment and also creating a streak of wins in the State Assembly elections by winning Fourth time in a row since 2005. Smt. Bhukkal is also member of the

All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from state-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousan ...

(AICC).

Personal life

Bhukkal is married to Dr. D. S. Bhukkal, and they have 3 children.

Positions held

* Ex-Member, Executive Committee,

Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (or Haryana PCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress, working in the state of Haryana. Its head office is situated at Chandigarh. Senior leader and four times MLA Mr Udai Bhan is the present chief of t ...

* Ex-General Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (Legal Cell) * Ex-Organizing Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee * Nominated Member of

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(India Branch) 24.10.2008 * Member, State Vigilance & Monitoring Committee, Haryana; Member, State Environment & Pollution Control Committee, Haryana (07.06.2006 to 06.06.2008) * Member, Manifesto Committee, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee * Chairperson, Sub-Committee (National Level), Central Advisory Board of Education ( CABE) for Extension of

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to 10th & 10+2 * Chairperson, Sub-Committee (National Level), Central Advisory Board of Education ( CABE) for Assessment & Implementation of

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(CCE) in the Context of the No Detention Provision in the

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* Ex-Chairperson, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (Scheduled Castes Department) * Member,

References

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