Sahib Singh Verma
Lt Sahib Singh Verma | |
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| 4th Chief Minister of Delhi | |
| In office 26 February 1996 - 12 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Madan Lal Khurana |
| Succeeded by | Sushma Swaraj |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1943 Delhi, British India |
| Died | 30 June 2007 (aged 64) Rājasthān, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Children | 2 sons, 3 daughters |
Sahib Singh Verma (15 March 1943, Mundka Village, Outer Delhi – 30 June 2007) was an Indian politician and the former senior vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He served as Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998) and was member of 13th Lok Sabha, Parliament of India (1999–2004).[2] He also served as the Union Labour Minister of India.[3]
He died on 30 June 2007, when his car collided with a truck near Jonaicha khurd, Shahajahanpur on the Jaipur-Delhi highway (NH-8).
Life
Sahib Singh was born in a Hindu Jat[3] family of Lakra clan, on 15 March 1943 in Mundka village, Delhi to Mir Singh, a farmer, and Bharpai Devi.
He began his socio-political journey as a volunteer in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and later climbed the ranks in politics. He had also served the World Jat Aryan Foundation, as its former president.[4]
He has a PhD degree in Library Science, and started work as librarian in Bhagat Singh College, Delhi.[5] He also holds a master's degree in Arts, (M.A.) and also in Library Science from Aligarh Muslim University.[6][7]
Married in 1954 to Sahib Kaur, he has two sons and three daughters.[2] His son Pravesh Verma was the BJP candidate in the 2013 Delhi assembly election for Mehrauli & won the seat by defeating Delhi Vidhan Sabha Speaker Yoganand Shastri.In Indian general election, 2014,Pravesh Verma won the election from West Delhi Lok Sabha Constituency by a record margin of 2,68,586 votes.[8]
Political career
In 1977 he was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and took the Oath as a Councillor by the hands of legendary Freedom Fighter Guru Radha Kishan.
Initially won as a Janata Party candidate he was re-elected on a BJP ticket. He became the Education and Development Minister in the Delhi government in 1993. In 1996, after Madan Lal Khurana was embroiled in a corruption crisis, Sahib Singh
became the Chief Minister of Delhi[9]
despite Khurana being acquitted by the courts.
Singh served as CM for two and a half years, facing increasing rivalry from Khurana.[10] Following an onion price crisis, he was replaced by Sushma Swaraj.
Subsequently, he won the Lok Sabha elections, 1999 from Outer Delhi with a margin of over two lakh votes.[11] In 2002, he became Minister of Labour in the Vajpayee government, and was known as "bull in a China shop" for standing up against the bureaucrats against lowering the Provident Fund interest rate.[10] However, he was defeated in the 2004 polls.
Verma was respected among the teacher community of Delhi. He was the owner of a national Hindi daily newspaper called Haribhumi.
He died in a road accident in Rajasthan. Verma was returning to Delhi after laying a foundation stone for a school in Neem Ka Thana in Sikar district.
References
- ^ "List of Office Bearers". BJP. Archived from the original on 8 April 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
- ^ a b "Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha".
- ^ a b Ranjan, Amitav (21 September 2003). "Sahib Singh wanted to visit Serbia to meet fellow Jats". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
- ^ Tribune News Service (23 September 2007). "Navjot Sidhu calls for Jat unity". The Tribune. Dharamsala. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
- ^ "Former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma dies in road accident". Deccan Herald. 30 June 2007. Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ http://www.amu.ac.in/pro.jsp?did=10065&lid=Prominent%20Alumni
- ^ https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Aligarh-Muslim-University-AMU-so-communal
- ^ Kant, Vishal (17 May 2014). "Pravesh Verma conquers West Delhi by record margin" (Editorial). The Hindu.
- ^ The Hindu
- ^ a b "Sahib Singh Verma dies in road accident". Zee News. 30 June 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ Swarup, Harihar (10 October 1999). "Long-standing rivals now compete for Cabinet berths" (Editorial). Tribune India.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun302007/national2007063010305.asp?section=updatenews
External links
- Kulkarni, Raju (16 September 1999). "The Sahib Singh Verma Chat". Rediff on the NeT.
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