Sumitra Mahajan Biography

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Sumitra Mahajan Biography
Constituency	Indore
Political Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Date of Birth	12 April, 1943
Place of Birth	Chiplun, Maharashtra
Education	M.A. LL.B (Indore University)
Marital Status	Married
Spouse Name	Late Shri Jayant Mahajan
Children	2 sons
Father's Name	Shri Purushotam Neelkanth Sathe
Mother's Name	Smt. Usha
Position Held	16th Speaker of Lok Sabha (5 June 2014)
Email Id	speakerloksabha@sansad.nic.in s_mahajan@nic.in

Political Career of Sumitra Mahajan

Term	Position held
2014	Speaker of 16th Lok Sabha
2009	Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term); Member, Panel of Chairpersons; Chairperson, Standing Committee on Rural Development; Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women
2007-2009	Chairperson, Standing Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment
2005	Prabhari, Mahilla Morcha, B.J.P.; Member, Consultative Committee on Civil Aviation
2004-2009	Member, General Purposes Committee; Chairperson, Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment
2004	Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)
2003-2004	Union Minister of State, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
2002-2003	Union Minister of State, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology
1999-2002	Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development
1999	Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1998-1999	Convenor, Sub-Committee on Drug Control, Committee on Human Resource Development; Member, Committee on Human Resource Development and its Sub-Committee-I on Value-based Education; Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women-Criminal Laws; Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADs); Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development; Member, Panel of Chairmen
1999	Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
1998	Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1998 onwards	General Secretary, BJP
1997	Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1996	Secretary, BJP; Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1995-96	Secretary, BJP, Parliamentary Board; Chairman, Parliamentary Board, Madhya Pradesh
1992-94	Vice-President, BJP, Madhya Pradesh
1991-96	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
1991-93	Member, Joint Committee for Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Bill, 1991
1991-92	Member, Joint Committee for 73rd Constitution Amendment Bill
1991	Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1990-1991	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; President, Mahila Morcha, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Madhya Pradesh
1989	Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
1984-1985	Deputy Mayor, Municipal Corporation, Indore
1982-1985	Corporator, Municipal Corporation, Indore

Controversies

Sumitra Mahajan has landed herself in controversies a couple of times over her comments on various issues. She made a call for reviewing the reservation policy while overseeing a parliamentary session. She met the Jain saint Acharya Vidyasagar and reportedly agreed on his advice and suggestion not to keep eggs in midday meals at schools.

Last Updated on Sept 10, 2020

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