Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia (born 4 July 1951) is an Indian politician of the

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(BJP), and a senior Member of Parliament in his 32nd year as a Parliamentarian. A former

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in the

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, he is the member of

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representing Bardhaman-Durgapur

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constituency in

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in the 17th

(2019–2024). He represented

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, West Bengal in the 16th Lok Sabha, having been elected as its MP in the 2014 General Elections. Prior to entering the Lok Sabha in 2014, he was a Member of Parliament representing Bihar and Jharkhand in the

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, the upper house of the Indian Parliament over several terms, 1986–1992, 1992–1998 (as a member of Congress), and with BJP in 2000–2006, and 2006–2012. During his term in the Rajya Sabha, he was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha till 2012, and Chief Whip prior to that. After being elected into Lok Sabha in 2014, he has held various portfolios as Minister of State from 2016 to GE 2019.

Education

Ahluwalia is a lawyer by education, having graduated from Calcutta University.

Political career

Ahluwalia was a Member of Parliament from

representing

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and

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

in 1986–1992, 1992–1998, 2000–2006, and 2006–2012. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the

Parliamentary Constituency of

with active support of a local unrecognized party

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in May 2014. He was first elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar in 1986 as a member of the

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, and in the early years of his career, held the posts of Minister for Urban Development, and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the Union Government headed by

P. V. Narasimha Rao Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the first p ...

. He subsequently joined BJP in 1999, where he has been since. He served as Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Employment (Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation) and

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in P V Narasimha Rao Cabinet from 15 September 1995 to 16 May 1996. He was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from June 2010 to May 2012. He was inducted into the

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as a

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for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs on 5 July 2016.

Positions held

* 1984 - 86 Member, the G.S. Dhillon Committee constituted by Government of India for providing relief and rehabilitation to the victims of the November 1984 riots in the country * 1986 - 92 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Science and Technology Member, General Council of the Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad * 1987 - 88 Member, Select Committee on Medical Council Bill * April 2000 - 2001 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture * Sept 2000 - Aug 2004 Member, Committee on Finance * 2001 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information Technology * Aug 2001 - April 2006 and June 2006 onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee * Jan 2002 - Feb. 2004 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology * Aug 2002 - Aug. 2004 Member, Committee on Information Technology * Jan 2003 - July 2004 Member, Committee of Privileges * Aug 2004 - April 2006 and May 2006 onwards Member, Committee on Home Affairs * Aug 2004 - April 2006 and June 2006 onwards Member, House Committee * Sept 2004 - Oct 2007 Member, National Monitoring Committee for Minorities Education * Oct 2004 - 2006 Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Finance * June 2006 - Sept 2006 Member, Committee on Rules * Sept 2006 onwards Member, Committee of Privileges * April 2007 onwards Convenor, Sub-Committee on Civil Defence and Rehabilitation of J and K Migrants of the Committee on Home Affairs * Sept 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Finance & Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Speeches and other contributions in international forums

* 1989 - Attended the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Human Rights Conference in Geneva, Switzerland as Alternate Leader of the Indian Delegation. :Speech Transcripts from the Conference: :Violation of Human Rights in the Occupied Arab Territories including Palestin
Speech Transcript
:Right to Developmen
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:Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom
Speech Transcript
:Torture and Enforced Disappearance
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:Report of Sub-Commissio
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:Freedom of Religio
Speech Transcript
* 2002 - Attended the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA as a Delegate. :Speech Transcripts from the Conference: :Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Childre
Speech Transcript
:Social Development including questions relating to the Worl
Speech Transcript
:Gender Equality, development and peace for the 21st Centur
Speech Transcript
* 2002 - Attended the International Parliamentarians Association for Information Technology (IPAIT) I Conference in Seoul, Korea as Chair of the Steering Committee and moderated over Theme 2
Joint Communiqué
* 2002 - Attended the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Windhoek, Namibia as Leader of the Indian Delegation
Speech Transcript
* 2008 - Attended the International Parliamentarians Association for Information Technology (IPAIT) VI Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria as vice-president of IPAIT
Joint Communiqué
* 2010 - IPU: (i) Served as Reporteur in the First Standing Committee on Peace & International Security in the 109th Assembly of IPU in Geneva. (ii) Served as vice-president of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights in the 122nd IPU Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand. * 2012 April - Farewell speech in the Rajya Sabha upon his retirement.

Joint Parliamentary Committees (JPC)

* Aug 1992 - Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee to inquire into Irregularities in Securities and Banking Transactions * April 2001 - Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee on Stock Market Scam and matters relating thereto * August 2003 - Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee on pesticide residues in food products and safety standards for soft drinks, fruit juices and other beverages
JPC on Pesticide residue in soft drinks

* March 2011 - Member of Joint Parliamentary Committee to probe the irregular allocation of 2G Spectrum * June 2015 - chairman, Joint Committee of Parliament to look into provisions of Land Acquisition Amendment Bill 2015

References

External links

Shri S.S. Ahluwalia - Profile
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