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| Office | Minister of State Ministry of Home Affairs |
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| Office | Member of Parliament |
| Office | Member of Parliament
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| Term start | 5 July 2016 |
| Term end | 25 July 2019 Served along with Kiren Rijiju (2016-19), Nityanand Rai (2019) and G. Kishan Reddy (2019) |
| Predecessor | Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
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| Predecessor | Nareshkumar Chunnalal Puglia |
| Successor | Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar
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| Constituency | Chandrapur |
| Born | 1954-11-11 (age 72) |
| Born | Nanded, Bombay State, India
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| Nationality | Template:Flag
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| Spouse | Lata |
| Children | Raghuveer, Shyamal, Sanjivani Ahir
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Hansraj Ahir is a former member of the 16th Lok Sabha in India. He was Minister of State Home Affairs.[1][2][3] He was member of 11th Lok Sabha, 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha.[4] He is famous for exposing Coal Mining Scam specially pouni-3 in WCL.
Ahir frequently requested details of coal mining to Prime Minister of India office but he didn't succeedTemplate:Citation needed. Finally he (along with Prakash Javadekar) requested Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for an inquiry. Based on this, CVC ordered a CBI inquiry.[5][6]
He has been honoured with Sansad Ratna Award in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Representative of people
He represented the Chandrapur constituency of Maharashtra 4th time from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He had been re-elected from the Chandrapur Lok Sabha Constituency as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, the results of which were declared on 16 May 2009.[7] In the 14th Lok Sabha, then Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had hailed Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, member of BJP from Chandrapur in Maharashtra as role model for MPsTemplate:Citation needed.
Achievements
Prime Point Foundation (PPF) has rated BJP MP from Chandrapur, Hansraj Ahir as the best parliamentarian for introduction of 24 private bills out of a total of 288 bills that were introduced so far in the 15th Lok Sabha and Shri Ahir was felicitated with Sansad Ratna Award.[8] Because of his workaholic nature, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave him a position in his cabinet as the Minister of State for Chemical & Fertilizers.
Political career
Positions held
In Parliament
- 2004: Member, Committee on Coal & Steel
- 2004: Member, Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex
- 2004: Member, Committee on Agriculture
- 2 Jan. 2006: Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf
- 5 Aug. 2007: Member, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel
- 31 Aug. 2009: Member, Committee on Coal and Steel
- 23 Sep. 2009: Member, Committee on Privileges
- 15 Mar. 2010: Member, Railway Convention Committee
- 1 May 2013: Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
- 3 May 2013: Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)
- 13 June 2014: onwards Member, Business Advisory Committee
- 1 Sep. 2014 - 9 Nov. 2014: Chairperson, Standing Committee on Coal and Steel [9]
- Tobacco Board;
- Panchayati Raj Samiti;
- Rojgar Hami Yojana;
- Bhatkya Vimukta Jati Ashram Shala Samiti
Within BJP
- District President: Chandrapur (1991 to....
Legislative
- Member, Maharashtra Legislative Council - 1994 to 1996[9]
- 1996 First Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
- 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
- 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
- 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (4th term)
- 2019 Lost the Loksabha election to Balu (Suresh) Dhanorkar of Congress
Countries Visited as Delegate Member
- With Hon. President of India visited countries Sweden and Belarus[10]
- Mauritius, South Africa and U.A.E as Member of Parliament.
References
- ↑ Hansraj Ahir: The Man Who Exposed the Coal Scam.
- ↑ हंसराज गंगाराम अहीर ने संभाला गृह राज्य मंत्री का कार्यभार – Abhay Banga Patrika.
- ↑ http://fert.nic.in/
- ↑ http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/briefbioprofiles.aspx?mpsno=3640
- ↑ CVC asks CBI to probe alleged coal scam despite UPA govt's attempt to brush it under the carpet(31 May 2012). Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ↑ CVC Refers Coal Block Allocation Case to CBI. Outlook India(31 May 2012). Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ↑ http://eciresults.nic.in/Results.htm 15th Lok Sabha Election Results
- ↑ Sansad Ratna Award
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3640
- ↑ The President of India.
External links
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