Suresh Kumar Kashyap

Suresh Kumar Kashyap is an Indian politician and President of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Suresh Kumar Kashyap
State President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh
Assumed office
22 July 2020
Preceded byRajeev Bindal
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byVirender Kashyap
ConstituencyShimla
Personal details
Born (1971-03-23) 23 March 1971
Paplahan, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Rajni Kashyap
Children1 son

Early life

Suresh Kr. Kashyap was born into a Koli[1][2][3] family to Chqmbel Singh Kashyap and Shanti Devi at Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh.[4]

He did graduation from Kurukshetra University, M.A in Tourism Management from IGNOU and PGDM in Public Relation & Communication Management from Maharshi Dayananad Saraswati University (Ajmer), then B.Ed and M.Phil in Public Administration from Himachal Pradesh University.[5]

In 1988, he joined Indian Air Force as airman (non-commissioned officer) and got retired in 2004.[6]

Political career

He started his career as member of BDC (Pachhad) joined BJP and later became Distt. President of BJP SC Morcha. In 2009 he was State General Secretary of BJP SC Morcha.[7]

He became Member of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pachhad constituency in 2012 and got re-elected in 2017 from same constituency.[8]

In 2019 Lok Sabha elections he became Member of Parliament from Shimla constituency.[9] He served as member of parliamentary committees[10] -

  • Member of Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice.
  • Member of Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House.
  • Member of Committee on External Affairs.
  • Member of Consulatitve Committee for Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

On 22 July, 2020 he became President of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.[11]

References
  1. Rao, Madhu (22 July 2020). "Suresh Kashyap appointed new Himachal BJP chief". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. "Election Result 2019: Shimla constituency in Himachal Pradesh". Hindustan Times. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. Team, DNA Web (23 May 2019). "Shimla Lok Sabha election results 2019 Himachal Pradesh: Suresh Kashyap wins for BJP". DNA India. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. DelhiJuly 23, Anilesh S. Mahajan; July 23, 2020UPDATED:; Ist, 2020 18:32. "The BJP's caste strategy in Himachal Pradesh". India Today. Retrieved 22 November 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. "Suresh Kashyap appointed new Himachal BJP chief". IND News. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. "Suresh Kumar Kashyap | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. "Pachhad Assembly constituency 2017 Election, Date, Results & Candidate lists". Elections in India. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  9. "Shimla Election Results 2019 Live Updates (Simla): Suresh Kumar Kashyap of BJP Wins", News18, 23 May 2019
  10. "Members : Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. "BJP names Shimla MP Suresh Kumar Kashyap as its Himachal president". The Hindu. PTI. 22 July 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 November 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)


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