Dinesh Kaushik (politician)

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]

Dinesh Kaushik
ConstituencyPundri
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Pundri
In office
2014–2018
Personal details
Born (1960-04-13) 13 April 1960
Fatehpur, Punjab, India
(now in Haryana, India)
Political partyIndependent
SpouseSandhya Kaushik
Children2

Career

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

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
  1. "MLA Details". haryanaassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. 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)
  3. Sharma, Nitish (27 September 2014). "Independents lead the way in Ror land". The Tribune. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. "Cong secures majority in Haryana". Rediff. 27 February 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. "9 Independent ex-MLAs join Congress". The Hindu. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  6. "Manohar Lal Khattar to Be New Haryana CM". Outlook. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. "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.
  8. "B.P.R. Public School - Pundri". bprschoolpundri.in.
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