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	\| alma_mater = [[M. M.(P.G) College]] & [[Ghaziabad, India\|Ghaziabad]]		\| alma_mater = [[M. M.(P.G) College]] & [[Ghaziabad, India\|Ghaziabad]]
	\| occupation = [[Politician]] & [[Businessperson]]		\| occupation = [[Politician]] & [[Businessperson]]
	~~\| years_active = 2009 - date~~
	~~\| home_town = [[Pilkhuwa]], [[Ghaziabad district, India\|Ghaziabad]]~~
	\| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]		\| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
	\| spouse = Uma Agrawal		\| spouse = Uma Agrawal

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Rajendra Agrawal.jpg
| caption =
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 16 May 2009
| predecessor = [[Mohammad Shahid (politician)|Mohammad Shahid]]
| constituency = [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)|Meerut]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1951|10|02}}<ref name="Lok Sabha Profile">{{cite news|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4267|title=Biography|publisher =Lok Sabha Website|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320114046/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4267|archivedate=20 March 2011}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Pilkhuwa]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Meerut]] & [[New Delhi]]
| education = [[M.Sc]] ([[Physics]])
| alma_mater = [[M. M.(P.G) College]] & [[Ghaziabad, India|Ghaziabad]]
| occupation = [[Politician]] & [[Businessperson]]
| years_active = 2009 - date
| home_town = [[Pilkhuwa]], [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = Uma Agrawal
| children = 2 (1 son & 1 daughter)
| parents = Om Prakash (father) & Satyavati (mother)
| footnotes = <ref name=" Lok Sabha Profile " />
}}
'''Rajendra Agrawal''' (born 2 October 1951) is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th [[Lok Sabha]] of [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut-city-bjp-candidate-rajendra-agarwal-has-created-hattrick-19248746.html|title=LokSabha Election Result 2019 : आखिरकार राजेंद्र अग्रवाल ने बनाई हैट्रिक, भगवा खेमे में जश्न|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> He represents the [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref name=" Lok Sabha Profile " />

He has been elected as a Member of Parliament from the [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)|Meerut]]-Hapur constituency for three times since 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut-city-rajendra-agarwal-said-high-court-bench-is-our-priority-19062680.html|title=51 फीसद वोट पाकर हाईकोर्ट बेंच बनवाना प्राथमिकता : राजेंद्र अग्रवाल|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> He is the Chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances and is also a member of Panel of Chairpersons of Lok Sabha.<ref name=":0" /> He was the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4267|title=Members : Lok Sabha|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>

==Early life and education ==
Rajendra Agrawal was born in [[Pilkhuwa]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Shri Om Prakash Agrawal and Smt. Satyavati Agrawal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/rajendra-agrawal|title=Rajendra Agrawal {{!}} National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref> He holds [[master's degree]] ([[M.Sc]]) in [[Physics]] from M.M.(P.G) College, Modi Nagar, [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=":0" /> He is a [[businessperson]] by profession.<ref name="Lok Sabha Profile" />

Agrawal joined [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] in school days as an active worker.<ref name=":0" /> He has worked as a [[Pracharak]] from 1971 to 1984.<ref name=":0" />

== Political career ==
Agrawal started his political career as the [[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Meerut]] Mahanagar in 1997.<ref name=":1" /> He became the Incharge of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Intellectual]] and [[Training]] Cell of [[Western Uttar Pradesh]] in 2000. He further became the [[Secretary]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], [[Western Uttar Pradesh]] in 2002 and continued in the post till 2007. In 2007, he became the [[President (corporate title)|President]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Intellectual]] Cell, [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref name=":1" />

Agrawal contested from the [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)|Meerut-Hapur Lok Sabha constituency]] in 2009 General Elections and won from the seat.<ref name="electionsinindia.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionsinindia.com/uttar-pradesh/meerut-parliament-lok-sabha-constituency-elections|title=Elections in India - A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) & State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election.|website=www.electionsinindia.com|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref> He was re-elected from the seat in 2014 by a record margin of over 2,30,000 votes.<ref name="electionsinindia.com"/> In 2019, he again won the Lok Sabha seat of the [[Meerut (Lok Sabha constituency)|Meerut-Hapur Constituency]] by defeating his rival [[Yaqub Qureishi|Yakub Qureishi]] and became the Member of [[17th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS2410.htm?ac=10|title=General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India|website=results.eci.gov.in|access-date=2019-07-23}}</ref><ref name="electionsinindia.com"/>

== Parliamentary activity ==
Agrawal has been an active parliamentarian with a high attendance of 98% when the National Average is 80%. He has participated in 172 debates of the Parliament when the National Average is 67.1. He has also asked 298 questions and proposed 8 Private Member's Bills.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/rajendraagrawal|title=Rajendra Agrawal|date=2016-10-25|website=PRSIndia|language=en|access-date=2019-07-24}}</ref> Agrawal has raised some vital issues in Parliament including setting up of High Court Bench in Meerut,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-proceedings-live-updates-budget-session-july-18-2019/article28572333.ece|title=Parliament proceedings, as it happened {{!}} Rajya Sabha passes resolution to set up Farmers' Commission|last=Desk|first=The Hindu Net|date=2019-07-19|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-07-24|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> issues concerning water pollution, education, healthcare etc.<ref name=":2" />

Agrawal is currently the Chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances and the member of Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha. He has also been the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016.<ref name=":0" />

== Private Member Bills ==
Agrawal has introduced a number of Private Members' Bills in [[Parliament]] over some very important issues. Some of the bills that he has introduced are:

* '''The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2018 (Amendment of the First Schedule)''': The Bill seeks to make stalking a non-bailable offense in line with the Justice Verma Committee recommendations. The Committee recognized stalking as a crime and recommended it to be made a non-bailable offense. But in contrast to the Committee recommendations, in the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, enacted subsequently, the first offense of stalking was made bailable while any subsequent offense was made non-bailable. The bill aimed to amend the same.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/4439LS%20As%20Int....pdf|title=THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2018}}</ref>
* '''The Compulsory Teaching of Environmental Education in Educational Institutions Bill, 2018:''' The Bill seeks to make it mandatory for environmental education to be taught as a compulsory subject at all levels of education. The Honourable [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] of India in its directive of 1991 had made it compulsory for environment education to be included in the school and college curricula. But it was observed that the Supreme Court's directive has not been implemented effectively so far.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/4278LS%20As%20Int....pdf|title=THE COMPULSORY TEACHING OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BILL, 2018}}</ref>
* '''The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2018 (Amendment of article 75, etc.):''' The Bill made it mandatory that at least one-third of the total number of Ministers in the Council of Ministers should be women. Women represent almost half of the country's population but have a marginal proportion in influential and decision making roles of Government, both at the Union and at the State level. Although Indian Constitution has guaranteed equal opportunities for women in all walks of life through the fundamental right to equality, yet women's visibility in the power structure is severely limited. The bill aimed towards fielding women in power wielding institutions so that inequality in power structure can be bridged.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/4242LS%20As%20Int....pdf|title=The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2018}}</ref>
* '''The Designation of States as Sponsor of Terrorism Bill, 2017:''' The bill provides for designating certain states (Pakistan here) as Sponsors of Terrorism and withdraw trade and economic relations with the same, along with putting legal, travel and economic sanctions on the citizens of such state.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/2990.pdf|title=THE DESIGNATION OF STATES AS SPONSOR OF TERRORISM BILL, 2017}}</ref>
* '''The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill, 2016 (Amendment of sections 2 and 3):''' The bill aims to create a uniform education system having a common syllabus and school curriculum for all stages of elementary education across the country. It also promoted value-based uniform education system across all schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/1427.pdf|title=THE RIGHT OF CHILDREN TO FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":2" />
* '''The Special Financial Assistance to the National Capital Region Bill, 2016:''' The bill aimed to provide for special financial assistance to the [[National Capital Region]] for the purpose of harmonized and balanced development of growth-oriented infrastructure in all areas of [[National Capital Region]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/252LS.pdf|title=THE SPECIAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION BILL, 2016}}</ref>
* '''The High Court at Allahabad (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Meerut) Bill, 2016:''' There has been a long pending demand to establish a permanent Bench of the [[High Court of India|High Court]] in western Uttar Pradesh since 1955. Jaswant Singh Commission also recommended the establishment of a permanent Bench of [[Allahabad High Court]] in western Uttar Pradesh. The bill, therefore, seeks to provide for the establishment of a permanent Bench of the High Court at Allahabad at Meerut.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.4/BillsTexts/LSBillTexts/Asintroduced/5317LS.pdf|title=THE HIGH COURT AT ALLAHABAD (ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT BENCH AT MEERUT) BILL, 2016}}</ref>

==Imprisonment==
From July 1975 to April 1977, Agrawal was imprisoned for about 21 months under [[D.I.R]] & [[M.I.S.A]]. He has also faced several short-term imprisonments for [[Ayodhya]] and other social causes.<ref name="Lok Sabha Profile" />

==Posts held<ref name=":0" />==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! # !! From !! To !! Position
|-
| 01 || 2009 || - || Elected to 15th Lok Sabha
|-
| 02 || 20-Jul-2009 || - || Member, Committee of Parliament on Official Language
|-
| 03 || 31-Aug-2009 || - || Member, Committee on [[Information Technology]]
|-
| 04 || 16-Sep-2009 || - || Member, Consultative Committee, [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]]
|-
| 05 || 23-Sep-2009 || - || Member, Committee on Petitions
|-
| 06 || May-2014 || - || Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
|-
| 07 || 1-Sep-2014 || - || Member, Committee on Government Assurances,
Standing Committee on Urban Development,

Consultative Committee in Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation
|-
|08
|1 Sep. 2016
|25 May 2019
|Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
|-
|09
|25 Dec. 2017
|25 May 2019
|Chairperson, Joint Committee on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016
|-
|10
|May, 2019
|
|Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
|-
|11
|21 June 2019
|
|Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
*[[List of members of the 15th Lok Sabha of India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{16th LS members from Uttar Pradesh|state=expanded}}

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