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| birth_place = | | birth_place = [[Jalandhar district|Sofi]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Sampla has been a low-profile leader who started his political journey from being a sarpanch of his native village Sofi Pind near Jalandhar.|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jalandhar/rss-backing-proximity-to-rajnath-gets-sampla-berth/article1-1283694.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109081637/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jalandhar/rss-backing-proximity-to-rajnath-gets-sampla-berth/article1-1283694.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> | ||
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'''Vijay Sampla''' (born 6 July 1961) is an Indian politician serving as the Chairman of the [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]] since February 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=P |first1=Neelam |title=Govt clears former Punjab BJP MP Vijay Sampla's name as Scheduled Castes panel head |url=https://theprint.in/india/govt-clears-former-punjab-bjp-mp-vijay-samplas-name-as-scheduled-castes-panel-head/598742/ |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=ThePrint |date=4 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mangal |first1=Gitanjali |title=BJP appoints new chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes |url=https://www.ptcnews.tv/bjp-appoints-new-chairman-of-national-commission-for-scheduled-castes-en/ |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=PTC NEWS |date=5 February 2021}}</ref> He is a former [[Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment (India)|Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in India]] from 2014 to 2019 and a former [[member of parliament]] from [[Hoshiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. He won the [[2014 Indian general election]] as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS195.htm?ac=5|access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BJP's Vijay Sampla faces opposition from his own partymen|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jalandhar/bjp-s-vijay-sampla-faces-opposition-from-his-own-partymen/article1-1197231.aspx?hts0021}}</ref> He did not contest the 2019 elections. | '''Vijay Sampla''' (born 6 July 1961) is an Indian politician serving as the Chairman of the [[National Commission for Scheduled Castes]] since February 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=P |first1=Neelam |title=Govt clears former Punjab BJP MP Vijay Sampla's name as Scheduled Castes panel head |url=https://theprint.in/india/govt-clears-former-punjab-bjp-mp-vijay-samplas-name-as-scheduled-castes-panel-head/598742/ |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=ThePrint |date=4 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mangal |first1=Gitanjali |title=BJP appoints new chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes |url=https://www.ptcnews.tv/bjp-appoints-new-chairman-of-national-commission-for-scheduled-castes-en/ |access-date=21 February 2021 |work=PTC NEWS |date=5 February 2021}}</ref> He is a former [[Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment (India)|Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in India]] from 2014 to 2019 and a former [[member of parliament]] from [[Hoshiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. He won the [[2014 Indian general election]] as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS195.htm?ac=5|access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BJP's Vijay Sampla faces opposition from his own partymen|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jalandhar/bjp-s-vijay-sampla-faces-opposition-from-his-own-partymen/article1-1197231.aspx?hts0021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150112014142/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jalandhar/bjp-s-vijay-sampla-faces-opposition-from-his-own-partymen/article1-1197231.aspx?hts0021|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 January 2015}}</ref> He did not contest the 2019 elections. | ||
Sampla, a leader from Punjab, has worked as farm hand, labourer and plumber earlier in his life.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Deepika |title=Vijay Sampla, Once a Plumber, Now a Minister in the Modi Government |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/vijay-sampla-once-a-plumber-now-a-minister-in-the-modi-government-691118 |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=NDTV.com |date=10 November 2014}}</ref> | Sampla, a leader from Punjab, has worked as farm hand, labourer and plumber earlier in his life.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Deepika |title=Vijay Sampla, Once a Plumber, Now a Minister in the Modi Government |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/vijay-sampla-once-a-plumber-now-a-minister-in-the-modi-government-691118 |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=NDTV.com |date=10 November 2014}}</ref> | ||
Sampla, who studied till Class 10, joined the party in 1998. He was the second cabinet minister from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] after Akali Dal's [[Harsimrat Kaur Badal]]. His political journey began after he was elected the Sarpanch or head of his Sofi village ([[Jalandhar District]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=In 1998, by being elected sarpanch of Sofi village, he became the first Dalit sarpanch of the BJP from Doaba.|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jalandhar/rss-backing-proximity-to-rajnath-gets-sampla-berth/article1-1283694.aspx}}</ref> He had held several key posts in the BJP's Punjab unit.<ref name="auto"/> | Sampla, who studied till Class 10, joined the party in 1998. He was the second cabinet minister from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] after Akali Dal's [[Harsimrat Kaur Badal]]. His political journey began after he was elected the Sarpanch or head of his Sofi village ([[Jalandhar District]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=In 1998, by being elected sarpanch of Sofi village, he became the first Dalit sarpanch of the BJP from Doaba.|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jalandhar/rss-backing-proximity-to-rajnath-gets-sampla-berth/article1-1283694.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109081637/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/jalandhar/rss-backing-proximity-to-rajnath-gets-sampla-berth/article1-1283694.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 January 2015}}</ref> He had held several key posts in the BJP's Punjab unit.<ref name="auto"/> | ||
When he was a 27-year-old bereaved [[dalit]], Sampla was trying to find his feet against the oppressive landlords of Jalandhar's Sofi Pind. His brother and he were left to fend for themselves after their father's death and Sampla went off to Saudi Arabia in 1979 to work for a plumbing company.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |last1=Dua |first1=Rohan |title=Sampla’s success story: Plumber to minister|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Samplas-success-story-Plumber-to-minister/articleshow/45092216.cms |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=10 November 2014 |language=en}}</ref> | When he was a 27-year-old bereaved [[dalit]], Sampla was trying to find his feet against the oppressive landlords of Jalandhar's Sofi Pind. His brother and he were left to fend for themselves after their father's death and Sampla went off to Saudi Arabia in 1979 to work for a plumbing company.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |last1=Dua |first1=Rohan |title=Sampla’s success story: Plumber to minister|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Samplas-success-story-Plumber-to-minister/articleshow/45092216.cms |access-date=21 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=10 November 2014 |language=en}}</ref> | ||