Kartar Singh Bhadana

Kartar Singh Bhadana (Hindi: करतार सिंह भड़ाना) is an Indian politician and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party.[1][2][3]

Kartar Singh Bhadana
करतार सिंह भड़ाना
MLA, 16th Legislative Assembly
In office
March 2012 – March 2017
Preceded byYograj Singh (politician)
Succeeded byVikram Singh Saini
ConstituencyKhatauli
Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
1996–2004
ConstituencySamalkha
Personal details
Born (1955-01-01) 1 January 1955
Faridabad district, Haryana, India
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party
Other political
affiliations		Rashtriya Lok Dal (until 2019)
ResidenceFaridabad, Haryana
ProfessionPolitician

Family

His father was Nahar Singh and his mother was Ramphali Devi. Avtar Singh Bhadana is his brother.

Political career

Kartar Singh Bhadana has been a MLA for three terms. For two terms he served the Samalkha Vidhan Sabha Haryana and also as a cooperative minister of Haryana. For one term, he served the Khatauli (Assembly constituency) in Uttar Pradesh.

In 1999, Bhadana played a vital role in the formation of INLD government in the state of Haryana. He was the president of HVP(D) (the breakaway group of 18 MLAs of the Haryana Vikas Party) and supported Om Prakash Chautala as the next chief minister and he became heavyweight cabinet minister in the government.[4]

In 2007, he strongly raised the demand of Gurjar community over the issue of gurjar reservation also known as "The Gurjar Andolan". He took the pledge to not eat a single grain ( अन्न in Hindi) until the government releases all the people put in jail over the issue of andolan and ate only fruits and liquids for approx. 7 months until his demands were fulfilled.[5]

Posts held
FromToPositionComments
1996 2000 MLA Samalkha, Co-operative Minister Key player of government
2000 2004 Emerged as big gurjar leader
Mar-2012 Mar-2017 Member, 16th Legislative Assembly Worked for Khatauli

See also

References
  1. "Member Profile" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. "All MLAs from Assembly Constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. "News Headings". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  5. Alpjan: A Chronicle of Minorities. Social Advancement and Development Trust. 2006.
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