Editing S. S. Ahluwalia

{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Surinderjeet Singh Ahluwalia
| image               = SS Ahluwalia, BJP.jpg
| signature           = S.S.Aluwalia Signature.png.jpg
| alt                 = Surinderjeet Singh Ahluwalia
| office2             = [[Minister of State]], [[Government of India]]
| 1blankname2         = [[Minister of State|MoS]] of
| 1namedata2          = [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]]
| minister2           = [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| successor2          = [[Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre]]
| term_start2         = 16 May 2018
| term_end2           = 24 May 2019
| primeminister2      = [[Narendra Modi]]
| 1blankname3         = [[Minister of State|MoS]] of
| 1namedata3          = [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation]]
| term_start3         = 3 September 2017
| term_end3           = 16 May 2018
| primeminister3      = [[Narendra Modi]]
| 1blankname4         = [[Minister of State|MoS]] of
| 1namedata4          = [[Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/smriti-irani-removed-as-hrd-minister-javadekar-gets-the-post/story-gh3D2Pc4GR9h6KtwI0thVL.html|title=As it happened: New portfolios after Modi's cabinet reshuffle|date=5 July 2016|website=Hindustantimes.com|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>
| primeminister4      = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister4           = [[Radha Mohan Singh]]
| term_start4         = 5 July 2016
| term_end4           = 3 September 2017
| 1blankname5         = [[Minister of State|MoS]] of
| 1namedata5          = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>
| primeminister5      = [[Narendra Modi]]
| minister5           = [[Ananth Kumar]]
| term_start5         = 5 July 2016
| term_end5           = 3 September 2017
| successor5          = [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]
| term_start6         = 1995
| term_end6           = 1996
| primeminister6      = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| 1blankname6         = [[Minister of State|MoS]] of
| 1namedata6          = [[Union Council of Ministers|Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation)]]
| term_start7         = 1995
| term_end7           = 1996
| primeminister7      = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| 1blankname7         = [[Minister of State|MoS]] of
| 1namedata7          = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| minister7           = [[Vidya Charan Shukla]]
| office              = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency        = [[Bardhaman–Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman–Durgapur]]
| term_start          = 23 May 2019
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Mamtaz Sanghamita]]
| constituency1       = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
| term_start1         = 16 May 2014
| term_end1           = 23 May 2019
| predecessor1        = [[Jaswant Singh]]
| successor1          = [[Raju Bista]]
| office8             = [[Leader of the Opposition (India)#Leaders of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha|Deputy Leader of the Opposition]] , [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start8         = 2 June 2010
| term_end8           = May 2012
| leader8             = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| primeminister8      = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| office9             = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start10        = 7 July 1986
| term_end10          = 7 July 1998
| constituency10      = [[Bihar]]
| term_start9         = 3 April  2000
| term_end9           = 2 April 2012
| constituency9       = [[Jharkhand]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Asansol]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| residence           = [[Patna]] and [[Darjeeling]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4793|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=164.100.47.192|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>
| party               = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Monica Ahluwalia|1972}}
| children            = 5
| website             = {{URL|http://www.ssahluwalia.in/index.php|SS AHLUWALIA}}
| alma_mater          = [[Burdwan University]]<br />[[University of Calcutta]]<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/error404.cms|title=Most Viewed Business News Articles, Top News Articles|website=The Economic Times|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>
| profession          = Political<br />Social Worker
| footnotes           = 
| date                = 22 May
| year                = 2014
| source              = [https://web.archive.org/web/20161009064851/http://www.loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4793]
| relations           = 
}}

'''Surinderjeet Singh Ahluwalia''' (born 4 July 1951) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and is its National Vice President.

A former [[Minister of State|Union Minister of State]] in the [[Government of India]], he is the member of [[Parliament of India]] representing [[Bardhaman-Durgapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bardhaman-Durgapur]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[West Bengal]] in the 17th [[Lok Sabha]] (2019-2024). Previously he was a Member of Parliament representing Bihar and Jharkhand in the [[Rajya Sabha]], 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. He subsequently entered the Lok Sabha,  winning the 2014 [[Lok Sabha]] Elections from [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]].

He was earlier a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com"/> He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar in 1986 as a Congress member. Over the years of his career, he has held the posts of Minister for Urban Development, and [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] in the Union Government headed by [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]].<ref name="economictimes.indiatimes.com"/> He joined BJP in 1999.

He was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha till 2012 when he lost his Rajya Sabha seat in the Jharkhand Rajya Sabha elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/election-live-2014-march-13/|title=Election LIVE: BJP's third candidate list out, Ram Kripal to contest from Patliputra against Lalu's daughter|date=13 March 2014|work=Indianexpress.com|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS25.htm?st=S25 |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527113010/http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS25.htm?st=S25 |archive-date=27 May 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url =http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4793|title =Ahluwalia, Shri S.S.}}</ref> He is at present a Member of the National Executive Committee of the BJP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/darjeeling-may-not-be-safe-for-bjp-vice-president-mr-s-s-ahluwalia/articleshow/32013271.cms|title= Darjeeling may not be 'safe' for BJP Vice President Mr S S Ahluwalia|website= Economic Times|language=en |access-date=2014-04-08|last1= Sarkar|first1= Debasis}}</ref>

==Career==
Ahluwalia is a lawyer by education.<ref name=fe0716>{{citation |title=Portfolio of Modi government ministers: S S Ahluwalia given agriculture and farmers welfare, parliamentary affairs department |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/india-news/modi-cabinet-reshuffle-2016-s-s-ahluwalia-takes-oath-as-mos/307300 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=5 July 2016 }}</ref>

==Political career==
[[File:SS Ahluwalia BJP - Filing Nominations, 2014 Darjeeling Lok Sabha - 1.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Filing nominations for the 2014 Darjeeling Lok Sabha Parliamentary constituency]]
Ahluwalia was a [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Rajya Sabha]] representing [[Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]] in 1986-1992, 1992-1998, 2000–2006, and 2006-2012. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]] Parliamentary Constituency of [[West Bengal]] with active support of a local unrecognized party [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]] in May 2014.<ref name=fe0716/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://darjeelingtimes.com/gjmm-celebrates-victory-ss-ahluwali-the-new-darjeeling-mp/|title=GJMM celebrates victory, SS Ahluwali the new Darjeeling MP|date=16 May 2014|website=Darjeelingtimes.com|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

He served as Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Employment (Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation) and [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Parliamentary Affairs]] 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 [[Union Council of Ministers]] as a [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare|Agriculture and Farmers Welfare]] and Parliamentary Affairs on 5 July 2016.<ref name=fe0716/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/cabinet-reshuffle-ahluwalia-is-a-man-known-for-speaking-his-mind-2894649/|title=Modi Cabinet reshuffle: S S Ahluwalia is a man known for speaking his mind|date=5 July 2016|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/vijay-goel-s-s-ahluwalia-bounce-back-in-modi-govt/article8811715.ece|title=Vijay Goel, S S Ahluwalia bounce back in Modi govt|website=Thehindustantimes.com|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/union-council-of-ministers-expanded-with-19-new-ministers-of-state/?comment=disable|title=Union Council of Ministers expanded with 19 new Ministers of State|website=Pmindia.gov.in|access-date=8 August 2018}}</ref>

==Positions held==
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* 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 Palestine [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/45%20Session%20of%20HRC%20Statement%201.PDF Speech Transcript]
:Right to Development [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/45%20Session%20of%20HRC%20Statement%202.PDF Speech Transcript]
:Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/45%20Session%20of%20HRC%20Statement%203.PDF Speech Transcript]
:Torture and Enforced Disappearances [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/45%20Session%20of%20HRC%20Statement%204.PDF Speech Transcript]
:Report of Sub-Commission [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/45%20Session%20of%20HRC%20Statement%205.PDF Speech Transcript]
:Freedom of Religion [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/45%20Session%20of%20HRC%20Statement%206.PDF 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 Children [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/ind649.pdf Speech Transcript]
:Social Development including questions relating to the World [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/ind641.pdf Speech Transcript]
:Gender Equality, development and peace for the 21st Century [http://documents.pnl.s3.amazonaws.com/ind642.pdf 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. [http://www.ictparliament.org/sites/default/files/1.JointCommunique.pdf Joint Communiqué]
* 2002 - Attended the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Windhoek, Namibia as Leader of the Indian Delegation. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Dm656ISYZLYC&lpg=PA227&ots=mZSJxHsjF5dq=speech%20ss%20ahluwalia%20namibia&pg=PA227#v=onepage&q=speech%20ss%20ahluwalia%20namibia&f=false    Speech Transcript]
* 2008 - Attended the International Parliamentarians Association for Information Technology (IPAIT) VI Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria as Vice-President of IPAIT. [http://www.parliament.bg/ipait/pub/Joint_Communiqu%C3%A9.pdf Joint Communiqué]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* 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. {{YouTube|8chkyO9XKEQ|S.S Ahluwalia's Farewell Speech}}

==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
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/jpc/introductory.pdf JPC on Pesticide residue in soft drinks]
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/jpc/jpc-prsfb.htm Report 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==
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==External links==
* [http://www.loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4793 Shri S.S. Ahluwalia - Profile]

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