Nirmal Singh (Haryana)
| Nirmal Singh | |
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| Ministry of State for Animal Husbandry | |
| PWD | |
| Ministry of Revenue | |
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| Born |
3 February 1953 Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Children | Chitra Sarwara, Udhay Veer Singh, Noor Sarwara, Chetak Singh |
| Occupation | Politician Businessman |
Nirmal Singh is an Indian politician from the state of Haryana. He is the member of the Indian National Congress. He was member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly for the years 1982, 1991 and 1996 from Naggal constituency. He was the revenue minister of the state of Haryana.
He was the first Haryana leader to raise the issue of discrimination in jobs, development and funding shown towards North-Haryana. To highlight this he held two mega-rallies in the historic grounds of Kurukshetra, Haryana. First one was ‘HISAAB LAGAO RALLY’ in year 2002 and was followed by a second mega rally as ‘HISAAB CHUKAO RALLY’ in year 2004, which saw massive participation from public and leadership alike from across Haryana.
Fondly addressed as ‘Pradhan Ji’, he presently holds the office of President of Distt. Congress Committee (Rural).
After Sanjay Gandhi’s demise, Nirmal Singh came to work closely with Rajiv Gandhi. In 1976 he was appointed Block Youth Congress President and progressed to being appointed General Secretary of Pradesh Youth Congress, Haryana in 1980. He served as President State Youth Congress from August 1982-89 for 7 straight years, which is a record in itself. Fifteen members of Youth Congress under his mentorship are now state level leaders across Haryana. In 1982, he became the youngest person to be elected as MLA from Naggal Constituency, Haryana. In 1986, he became the youngest minister in Haryana Cabinet with the Dual charge of President, State Youth Congress. Between 1987-89, he was General Secretary Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress Committee with dual charge of Youth Congress President. During 1983, he was a Member of India’s first political Youth delegation to China after war. In 1985, he accompanied Late Sh. Rajiv Gandhi ji on his first visit to U.S.A after being appointed Prime Minister of India.
In 1986, at the age of 33, he became the youngest Minister to be a part of the Haryana Cabinet along with dual charge of Youth Congress President, Haryana. He has been elected MLA 4 times from Naggal constituency in his career and held the office of Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, PWD and Revenue at different times.
He suffered a major set back in October, 1994 when he was implicated in a murder investigation. He resigned from his position as Minister of State for Revenue and was put behind bars for the next two and half years, without bail, pending trial. He contested the next election in 1996 from behind bars as an independent candidate and won with all the other contestants forfeiting their deposits. He was honorably acquitted of all charges in February, 1997. He re-joined Congress in 1999 under the presence of Sh. Ahmad Patel ji. He contested again from the same seat in 2000 and 2005 on Congress ticket. Elections of 2009 saw his old constituency dissolved under delimitation and he was given a new constituency, Ambala Cantt, to contest from. He lost the election despite of getting 43% of total polled votes in the new area. He was the first Haryana leader to raise the issue of discrimination in jobs, development and funding shown towards North-Haryana. To highlight this he held two mega-rallies in the historic grounds of Kurukshetra, Haryana. First one was ‘HISAAB LAGAO RALLY’ in year 2002 and was followed by a second mega rally as ‘HISAAB CHUKAO RALLY’ in year 2004, which saw massive participation from public and leadership alike from across Haryana. Fondly addressed as ‘Pradhan ji’, he presently holds the office of President of Distt. Congress Committee (Rural).
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