Harish Chandra Durgapal(Hindi: हरीश चंद्र दुर्गापाल) is a very popular political leader in

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

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. He is former cabinet minister of Labour, Employment, Small Scale Industries, Khadi & Village Industries and Dairy Development in the previous

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 ...

Government. He was elected MLA from

Lalkuan Lalkuan is a Nagar Panchayat in the Nainital district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Demographics In the 2011 India census, Lalkuan had a population of 7,644. Males constituted 55% of the population and females 45%. Lalkuan had an average l ...

Nainital Nainital ( Kumaoni: ''Naintāl''; ) is a city and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India. It is the judicial capital of Uttarakhand, the High Court of the state being located there and is the headquarters o ...

in the 2012 Assembly election as an independent candidate.

Education

Durgapal was educated at U.P. Board Allahabad.

Political career

He won the 2012 Assembly election as an independent candidate from

constituency. Before this win, he was a candidate for the

from Dhari (

) constituency in the 2007 election. While addressing a convention in

Haridwar Haridwar (; ) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 in 2011, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district. The city is situated on the righ ...

in 2012, Durgapal said that

industrialization Industrialisation ( alternatively spelled industrialization) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. This involves an extensive re-organisation of an econo ...

was important for job creation. He is also working for

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at Khadi board in state.

References

External links

Uttarakhand GovernmentOfficial Website of HC Durgapal
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