Kirodi Lal Meena

Kirodi Lal Meena
Kirodi Lal Meena
Personal details
Born	3 November 1951 (age 72); Vill. Khohra, Distt. Dausa (Rajasthan)
Nationality	Indian
Spouse	Golma Devi
Residence	Dausa

Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena (1951 - ) an MBBS doctor by profession. He was MP from Dausa Lok Sabha constituency of Rajasthan. He was in Bhartiya Janata Party but left it in 2008. He was a cabinet minister and held portfolio of food and civil supplies. He belongs to the Meena community of the Rajasthan.

Life and career

Kirodi Lal Meena was born in agricultural family in 1951 in Khohra Mullah village of Dausa district of Rajasthan. Kirodi Lal did his schooling from Govt. school. He completed MBBS from Govt. Medical college. He left the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2008. At present, he is a part of National People's Party.

Educational Qualifications

M.B.B.S. Educated at S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan

Positions Held

1981-84 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
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)
16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee on Water Resources Ministry
31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice

Social and Cultural Activities

Social work through NGO like- running medical camps for poor patients; assistance for poor persons during natural calamities & accidents; financial assistance for martyrs and army man

Other Information

Director, Land Development Bank, Hindaun, 1986;staged a demonstration and Jail Bharo Andolan along with thousands of workers of Asia`s biggest cement factory; Jaipur Udyog Ltd., Sawai Madhopur and faced barbaric lathicharge by the police; got wounded seriously and suffered paralytic strokes during month-long custody;led a 15-day `Padyatra` in the ravine areas along with thousands of people to eradicate terror spread by notorious Dacoit Bhagwan Singh and others and succeeded in his endeavour; started a large scale labour movement against the mining-mafias of Dhaulpur Badi with the slogan`Mine to the Miner`and as a result thereof around 60,000 labourers got employment;arrested at Ayodhya for the cause of Ram Mandir; went to Tihar Jail during BJP`s `Ekta yatra and several times for public cause in Rajasthan and faced 56 cases, but never retreated; organised (i) many social movements to eradicate social evils like, dowry, child marriage, bigamy.`Mrityubhoj` alcohol additction, women trafficking etc.;staged a three-day dharana along with large number of people in Churiyawas incident at Dausa, Which resulted in release of social reformers from the jails; and (ii) several movements against atrocities on women and Dalits and also for the sake of justice to the needy; and worked towards proposal of two multi-crore mega irrigation projects for a `Green Rajasthan State` namely, Indira Gandhi Lift Irrigation Project on Chambai River and Rahughat Power Project, which are currently pending for clearance. (iii) March to Jaipur `Jaipur Kooch` along with 50 thousand public of eastern Rajasthan to provide water of river Yamuna & Chambal for Distt. Dausa, Sawaimadhopur, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Jaipur rural etc. including Tonk area; (iv) Dharna was conducted in front of CM Residence, civil lines, Jaipur, Rajasthan for atrocities done against Dalits, Mahila & down Trodden classes in state of Rajasthan for which I was arrested & put behind the bar in Ajmer jail; (v) The tribal`s of south part (Udaipur, Dungarpur, Bansawara, Chittorghar & Sirohi) of the state of Rajasthan are passing through crucial stage, they are hungry, not getting P.D.S grain, NREGA Work etc. & about 33 persons died due to hunger & malnutrition. For this the agitation was done for several days in tribal area & big dharna at Udaipur to get Job & Roti. The state Government took several necessary steps for the welfare of tribal`s. after day long public supported movement

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