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Krishan Pal Gurjar
Minister of State Government of India
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Ministry	Term
Minister of Power Minister of Heavy Industries	7 July 2021 - Incumbent
Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment	9 November 2014 - 7 July 2021
Minister of Road Transport & Highways Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways	26 May 2014 - 9 November 2014
Ministry of Co-operation	11 June 2024 - Incumbent
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Avtar Singh Bhadana
Constituency	Faridabad
Transport Minister Government of Haryana
In office 11 May 1996 – 24 July 1999
Chief Minister	Bansi Lal
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	constituency created
Succeeded by	Lalit Nagar
Constituency	Tigaon
In office 1996–2005
Preceded by	Mahender Pratap
Succeeded by	Mahender Pratap
Constituency	Mewla–Maharajpur
Personal details
Born	(1957-02-04) 4 February 1957 (age 67) Faridabad, Punjab (now in Haryana), India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Nirmla Devi
Children	1
Residence	Sector-28, Faridabad

Krishan Pal Gurjar (born 4 February 1957) is an Indian politician and is the present Minister of State of Power and Heavy Industries. As a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, he represents the Faridabad constituency in the state of Haryana. He won this seat in the 2014 Indian general election as a BJP candidate by a margin of 4,66,873 votes and he won election with margin of over 6 lakh in 2019 from Faridabad constituency. In August 2014 he also inaugurated Manjhawli bridge which is his dream project. In March 2024, he was re-fielded as the BJP candidate for the Faridabad constituency in the 2024 General Elections.

Early life and education

Krishan Pal Gurjar was born in Mewla Maharajpur, Faridabad, Haryana on 4 February 1957 to Hans Raj Zaildar. He completed his graduation from Jawaharlal Nehru College in 1978 and got his law degree from Meerut University.

Career

He won the Corporation Councilor election in 1994 as a Bhartiya Janta Party candidate and became the party's State Minister. He became the Member of Legislative Assembly of Haryana for Mewla–Maharajpur constituency in 1996. He won the MLA seat in next two consecutive terms again. He served as Transport minister in Bansi Lal government from 1996 to 1999. He later served as BJP state President of Haryana.

Gurjar became Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Faridabad in 2014 Indian general elections by defeating Avtar Singh Bhadana by 4,66,873 votes making him lose his election deposit. He defeated Bhadana again in 2019 Indian general elections by 6.44 lakh votes and became the member of 17th Lok Sabha. He declared his assets worth over ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) in the election affidavit.

In May 2014, Gurjar became the Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping. His ministry was later changed to Social Justice and Empowerment. He continued the position of Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment in May 2019 Second Modi ministry. Gurjar’s son and nephew are also politicians. His son Devender Chaudhary being Deputy Mayor of Municipal Corporation of Faridabad and his nephew Utkarsh Chaudhary was Vice President of Delhi University Students Union.

Positions held

Offices held

See also

• Third Modi ministry

References

1. "Krishan Pal Gurjar | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
2. Kumar, Ashok (17 May 2014). "BJP's Gurjar wins Faridabad". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
3. "Second list of BJP candidates for ensuing General Elections 2024 to the Parliamentary Constituencies of different states finalised by BJP CEC". 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
4. ^ Krishan Pal Gurjar Biography, archived from the original on 18 November 2015, retrieved 15 October 2015
5. "Krishan Pal Gurjar | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
6. ^ "Haryana MP Krishan Pal Gurjar Retained as MoS in Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment", News18, 31 May 2019
7. ^ "Three MPs from Haryana get ministerial berths", India Today, 31 May 2019
8. "List of Ex State Presidents". BJPHaryana.org.
9. "Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's Krishan Pal leads in Faridabad; Congress' Avtar Singh Bhadana trails", Business Today, 23 May 2019
10. "Faridabad Election Result 2019: BJP's Krishan Pal Gurjar won with margin of over 6 lakh". www.timesnownews.com. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
11. "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019
12. ^ Faridabad (Lok Sabha constituency)
13. "Faridabad (Haryana) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019- Faridabad Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

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15th LS members 17th LS membersMembers of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

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GE 2019	Arvind Kumar Sharma Bijendra Singh Dharambir Inderjit Singh Rao Krishan Pal Gurjar Nayab Singh Ramesh Chander Kaushik Rattan Lal Kataria Sanjay Bhatia Sunita Duggal
16th LS members 18th LS membersMembers of the 17th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

• India MPs 2014–2019
• Living people
• People from Faridabad
• Lok Sabha members from Haryana
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• 1957 births
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