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Ajay Maken is a politician from the Indian National Congress party. He was twice elected as a Member of the Parliament of India, and three times to the Delhi Legislative Assembly.He was the President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee.[1]

Political career

Maken has been a two-time Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha from 2004-2010)[2] and three-time Member of Legislative Assembly of Delhi (from 1993-2004).

At the National level, Maken was the youngest Union Cabinet Minister from the Congress Party for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (2012–13),[3][4] Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Sports and Youth Affairs (2011–12),[5] Union Minister of State for Home Affairs (2009-2011),[6] Union Minister of State for Urban Development (2006-2007).[7]

At the State level, he was Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly (2003–04) [8] at the age of 39, Maken was the youngest Speaker in the Country, a Cabinet Minister of Power, Transport and Tourism (2001-2003) at the age of 37, the youngest till that time and Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit (1998-2001).

Maken was the first NSUI candidate in a direct election to be elected as the President of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) in 1985,[9] the first B.Sc Chemistry(Hons) final year student in this post.[1]

Lok Sabha

In the 2004 general election, Maken represented the Congress for the New Delhi constituency. He defeated a sitting Cabinet Minister, Jagmohan, from the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.[citation needed]

In the 2009 general elections, he retained the New Delhi Parliamentary constituency. He was appointed as the Minister of State for Home Affairs.[citation needed]

In 2011, Maken was appointed the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs[10] after the 2010 Commonwealth Games scam, replacing M. S. Gill as Sports Minister.[11]

He was appointed as Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (I/C) in 2012.[citation needed]

Maken was defeated in the 2014 general elections by the BJP candidate Meenakshi Lekhi. He served as the Congress General Secretary until 2015, when he resigned after the party's failure to win any seat in the 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.[12]

Personal life

Maken is married and has three children. He received his education in St. Xavier's School, Delhi.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Aiyar angers Hansarians". The Telegraph. Kolkota. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Detailed Profile: Shri Ajay Maken".
  3. ^ "Achiever Maken moves up theLadder". Times Of India. Retrieved 3 March 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ "Times Of India". {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "Know your ministers". NDTV.COM.
  6. ^ "Parliament Archives". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "Archives Government of India". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "Delhi Legislative Assembly". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "Delhi University Beat News". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "Cabinet Secretariat – Ministers of State (Independent Charge)(as on 18.12.2011)". Cabsec.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Mather, Nazrin. "Can Rajyavardhan Rathore surpass Ajay Maken as India's best Sports Minister". thebridge.in. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  12. ^ "Delhi poll debacle: Ajay Maken takes responsibility, resigns as Congress General Secretary". deccanchronicle.com. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  13. ^ "Ajay Maken Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". www.elections.in. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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