Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 4 February 1957) is an Indian politician and is the present Minister of State of Power and Heavy Industries. As a Member of Parliament in the

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, he represents the Faridabad constituency in the state of

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. He won this seat in the 2014 Indian general election as a

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candidate by a margin of 4,66,873 votes and he won election with margin of over 6 lakh in 2019 from Faridabad constituency.

Early life and education

Krishan Pal Gurjar was born in Mewla Maharajpur,

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on 4 February 1957 to Hans Raj Zaildar. He completed his graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru College in 1978 and got his law degree from

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Career

He won the Corporation Councilor election in 1994 as a

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candidate and became the party's State Minister. He became the Member of

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for Mewla–Maharajpur constituency in 1996. He won the MLA seat in next two consecutive terms again. He served as Transport minister in

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government from 1996 to 1999. He later served as BJP state President of Haryana. Gurjar became

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from

in 2014 Indian general elections by defeating Avtar Singh Bhadana by 4,66,873 votes making him lose his election deposit. He defeated Bhadana again in

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s by 6.44 lakh votes and became the member of

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. He declared his assets worth over in the election affidavit. In May 2014, Gurjar became the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and

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. His ministry was later changed to Social Justice and Empowerment. He continued the position of Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in May 2019

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. Gurjar’s son and nephew are also politicians. His son Devender Chaudhary being Deputy Mayor of

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and his nephew Utkarsh Chaudhary was Vice President of Delhi University Students Union.

Positions held

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurjar, Krishna India MPs 2014–2019 Living people People from Faridabad Lok Sabha members from Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Haryana Members of the Cabinet of India Narendra Modi ministry 1957 births Politicians from Faridabad India MPs 2019–present