Jagatvir Singh Drona Explained
Captain (Retd.) Pandit Jagat Vir Singh Drona (born 23 July 1939) is the former mayor of Kanpur and a former member of the 10th,11th and 12th Lok Sabha.[1] He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served in the Indian army before joining politics in 1990.[2]
Positions held
- 1990–1992 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), District. Kanpur
- 1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
- 1991–1996 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel
- 1993 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha onwards
- 1993–1995 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
- 1993–1996 Member, Rules Committee
- 1994–1996 Member, Committee on Defence, Member, Committee on Steel
- 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
- 1996–1997 Member, Committee on Estimates; Member, Committee on Home Affairs; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
- 1997 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee, Wakf Board
- 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term), Secretary, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
- 1998–1999 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women - Criminal Laws Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
- 2012–2017 Hon'ble Mayor of Kanpur
Notes and References
- Web site: India News, Latest Sports, Bollywood, World, Business & Politics News . https://archive.today/20130928152715/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-10/kanpur/32617203_1_congress-candidate-pawan-gupta-jagat-vir-singh-drona . dead . 28 September 2013 . . 29 July 2015.
- Web site: Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha . 10 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121008013334/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12up65.htm . 8 October 2012 .
