Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena | |
|---|---|
| MP of Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Narendra Budania, INC |
| Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2013–2017 | |
| In office 2003–2008 | |
| In office 1993–1998 | |
| In office 1985–1989 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Constituency | Dausa |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1989–1994 | |
| Constituency | Tonk-Sawai Madhopur |
| Cabinet Minister for Food & Civil Supplies Government of Rajasthan | |
| In office 2003–2008 | |
| Chief Minister | Vasundhara Raje |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 November 1951 Dausa, Rajasthan, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | National People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Golma Devi Meena |
| Residence | Dausa |
Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena (born 3 November 1951) is an Indian Politician from the state of Rajasthan. Currently Meena is a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. Previously he has been elected as a Loksabha MP for Two terms and MLA for Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for Five terms.
He has been in Bharatiya Janata Party since beginning, however, he briefly left it in 2008 but rejoined it in 2018. He has served as a cabinet minister and held the portfolio of food and civil supplies. He was the only independent Loksabha MP elected from Rajasthan in 2009 Loksabha elections.. He belongs to the Meena community.
Early life
Meena was born in a farmer family in 1951 in Khohra Mullah teh-mahwa dist-dausa rajasthan. He did his schooling at a govt. school and M.B.B.S. completed in S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Arrest
On 24 December 2017, Meena was arrested along with some of his supporters for attempting to enter a private temple in Sankhwali against the wishes of the community members.[1]
Politics
- -84 District President, BJP, Sawai Madhopur
- 1985-86 State Secretary, Rajasthan, BJP
- 1985-89,1993–98, 199 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (four terms)
- 1985-89 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
- 1986-88 State President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Rajsthan
- 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha Sawai Madhopur lok sabha
- 1989-91 Member, Advisory Committee on Food and Civil Supply
- 1990 onwards Member, Indian Parliamentary Group
- 1990-91 Member, Joint Committee of Lok Sabha on Office of Profit
- 1993-97 State President, ST Front, BJP
- 1995-98 District Pramukh, District Council Dausa, Rajasthan
- 1998-99 State Vice-President, Rajasthan, BJP
- 1998-2000 National Vice-President, ST Front, BJP
- Member, National Council, BJP (four times)
- State Executive Committee, BJP (four times)
- Member, Wildlife Advisory Board, Rajasthan
- 1998-2003 Member, Estimate Committee (A)
- 2003-2008 Cabinet Minister for Food & Supply, Govt. of Rajasthan
- 2007 - 2008 Chairman, Estimate Committee (B) in Rajasthan State Assembly
- 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term) Dausa lok sabha
- 16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee on Water Resources Ministry
- 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
- Member of Rajasthan legislative assembly 2013-2017
- Member of Rajya Sabha since 2018