Vikram Verma (born 23 January 1944) is an Indian politician and a leader of the

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(BJP) from Dhar,

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. He formerly served as a

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(MP) in the

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. He also served as a Minister in the

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for Youth and Sports Affairs from 2002 to 2004.

Personal life

Verma was born in the village Dharampuri of

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district in Madhya Pradesh. His father is Ganpat Singh Verma. He married

Neena Verma Neena Vikram Verma is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh state. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Dhar Vidhan Sabha Constituency. Her husband is Vikram Verma, a ...

on 22 June 1978. Neena is a

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(MLA) from Dhar, Indore. They have three daughters. His eldest daughter is married to the elder son of Sahib Singh Verma, former

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Education

Verma did his primary education in Dharampuri village. He graduated from Christian College,

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. He received his M.A. (Hindi & Political Science) from Indore Christian College, Indore. He completed LL.B. from Indore Christian College, Indore.

Corruption allegations

On 17 July 2015, Anand Rai, an Indian

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(RTI) activist, lodged a complaint with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Verma. He alleged that Verma had used his influence and power to get his MBBS student daughter transferred from a medical college in Uttar Pradesh to

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in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. His daughter was also accused of getting admission to medical school with corruption.

Political career

*He was president of the students' union in his college life. *1969-72 : he remained chairman of Dharampuri Municipality. *1977-80 : he was first time elected member of state assembly and appointed parliamentary secretary. *1980-85, Member, Legislative Assembly,

and was Pradesh mantri of Bhartiya Janta Party. *1989-93 Cabinet Minister, School Education, Higher Education, Sports, Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh. *1990-93 and 1993-98 1978-80 Parliament Secretary, Education, Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh * 1993-98 Leader of the Opposition, Legislative Assembly, Madhya Pradesh * August 2002-04 Union Cabinet Minister of youth affairs and sports, Member of

in Third Vajpayee Ministry *2006 Re-elected to

* 2007- Appointed National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party

Awards

Verma won several awards in national level debates in Literature and participated in literary and socio-cultural activities.

References

Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh 1944 births Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh People from Dhar Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1990–1992 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998 State cabinet ministers of Madhya Pradesh Leaders of the Opposition in Madhya Pradesh {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub