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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Raj Kumar Verka<br />
| image =Raj Kumar Verka.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| birth_date = 20 March 1963<br />
| birth_place = Amritsar<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| residence = [[Amritsar]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]<br />
| constituency = [[Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)#Verka|Verka]]<br />
| term = 2002–2007<br />
| predecessor = [[Ujagar Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Dalbir Singh]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)#Amritsar West|Amritsar West]]<br />
| term2 = 2012–present<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Om Parkash Soni]]<br />
| successor2 = Incumbent<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| religion = <br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Raj Kumar Verka''' is an Indian politician and a member of [[Indian National Congress]]. He is a Member of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) and represents [[Amritsar (Lok Sabha constituency)#Amritsar West|Amritsar West]].<ref name=aaa/><ref>{{cite news|title=Congress MLA writes to Rahul Gandhi to induct Navjot Singh Sidhu|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/congress-mla-writes-to-rahul-gandhi-to-induct-navjot-singh-sidhu/1101443/|accessdate=19 May 2013|newspaper=Indian Express|date=12 April 2013}}</ref> He was also vice chairman of [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tour Program|url=http://ncsc.nic.in/pages/view/183/179-shri-raj-kumar-verka|publisher=NCSC|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
He was born into [[Valmiki caste|Valmiki]] community to Jai Chand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kumar Myneta profile|url=http://myneta.info/pb2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=147|publisher=Association of Democratic Rights|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 27, 2019|first=Vibhor|last=Mohan|title=Objections raised as Raj Kumar Verka gets cabinet rank|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/objections-raised-as-verka-gets-cabinet-rank/articleshow/70403747.cms|access-date=2020-06-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Verka first successfully contested for Punjab Legislative Assembly from Verka constituency in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_2002_PB.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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In 2007, he was defeated from Verka constituency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2007/Stat_rep_2007_PB.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref> In 2012, he was elected from Amritsar West.<ref name="aaa">{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly of Punjab|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_PB_2012.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=19 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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Verka was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the [[Supreme Court of India]] ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=SYL verdict: 42 Punjab Congress MLAs submit resignation |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/syl-verdict-42-punjab-congress-mlas-submit-resignation-4369724/ |access-date=23 November 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 November 2016 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Raj Kumar Verka was elected for his third term in 2017 from Amritsar West.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AMRITSAR WEST Election Result 2017, Winner, AMRITSAR WEST MLA, Punjab|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/punjab/amritsar-west-mla-results|access-date=2021-07-12|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Vice-Chairman ==<br />
He held the post of Vice Chairman in National Commission for Schedule Castes from 2010 to 2016. He was reappointed as vice-chairman w.e.f. 5 November 2013. In March 2011, he inaugurated [[Gramin Gyan Library]], which is a new concept to educate the younger generation of India.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2002–2007]]<br />
[[Category:Punjab, India MLAs 2012–2017]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:People from Amritsar district]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:1963 births]]<br />
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