Dinesh Kaushik (politician)
Dinesh Kaushik | |
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| Constituency | Pundri |
| Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Pundri | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
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| Born | 13 April 1960 Fatehpur, Punjab, India (now in Haryana, India) |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Sandhya Kaushik |
| Children | 2 |
Dinesh Kaushik (born 13 April 1960) is an independent politician and current Member of Legislative Assembly in Haryana, India. He represents Pundri constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly.[1]
Career
[edit]Author and academic D. C. Verma, in his book Haryana, highlights Kaushik's mobilising efforts in Karnal since the late 1980s. Verma notes that he campaigned and organised for more than a decade in the area without stepping into electoral politics.[2]
The Pundri constituency in Haryana has consistently elected independent MLAs since 1996.[3] Kaushik won it as such a candidate in the 2005 state assembly elections[4] Kaushik was among nine former independent MLAs from the state who joined the Indian National Congress party after those elections.[5] Kaushik won the 2014 Assembly campaign, again as an independent candidate.[3] Soon after being elected in 2014, Kaushik indicated his support for Manohar Lal Khattar, the BJP leader who became Chief Minister.[6] He is a member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Haryana Legislative Assembly and has been part of the Library Committee and the Committee on Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Kaushik is the chairman of the BPR Educational Institutions.[8]
Kaushik is married to Sandhya Kaushik and has two sons.[1] His son Sudhanshu Kaushik is an international youth activist.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "MLA Details". haryanaassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ Verma, D. C. (Dip Chand), 1908- (2001). Haryana. Sukhabīra Siṅgha. (4th ed.). New Delhi: National Book Trust. ISBN 8123734859. OCLC 52866357.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Sharma, Nitish (27 September 2014). "Independents lead the way in Ror land". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Cong secures majority in Haryana". Rediff. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "9 Independent ex-MLAs join Congress". The Hindu. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Manohar Lal Khattar to Be New Haryana CM". Outlook. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker, Mr. Kanwar Pal has constituted 12 committees for the year 2015-16 and has also nominated members for them. | Directorate of Information, Public Relations & Languages, Government of Haryana". prharyana.gov.in. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ "B.P.R. Public School - Pundri". bprschoolpundri.in.