Kalpana Saini
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Kalpana Saini | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| Assumed office 5 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pradeep Tamta |
| Constituency | Uttarakhand |
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Kalpana Saini (born 1 October 1959) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)[1] who currently serves as Member of parliament Rajya Sabha. She previously served as Chaiperson of Backward Commission of Uttarakhand Government.[2] Director of National fertiliser Limited [3] and District President of Roorkee [4] (Uttarakhand), before that State Secretary of the state of Uttarakhand, State President of Uttarakhand Pradhanacharya Parishad from 2003 to 2005. She has also served as the General Secretary of Durga Vahini, Roorkee Uttarakhand and President of Sewa bharti Matri Mandal, Roorkee and Councilor of the BJP, 1995–2000. She holds many senior position at BJP, VHP and Yogi Mangalnath Saraswati Shishu mandir. She began her career as a lecturer and served as Principal at Gandhi mahila shilp Vidyalaya from 1987 and used her long-term connections with the Hindutva organization, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to become involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party. On May 29/2022 The Bhartiya Janata Party named Kalpana Saini as its nominee for the Rajya Sabha (RS) seat from Uttarakhand.She became the 2nd woman from hill state to represent Uttrakhand in Rajyasabha.
Early life
[edit]Kalpana was born in the small village of (Shivdaspur- teliwala) Roorkee in Haridwar District of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in a Saini family. Her father was Prithvi Singh Viksit and her mother Kamala Devi. She was born into a family of farmers and went on to secure a PhD degree in Sanskrit, acquiring first division results from the Meerut University. Kalpana Saini had been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1990, at the age of 31 and remained connected with the organization even during her employment as a principal in Roorkee. In 1995, she was appointed councilor for the Roorkee of Bharatiya Janata Party. She is one of the most powerful and influential BJP leaders in Uttarakhand.[5][6][7][8][9]
References
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- ^ "कल्पना सैनी के राज्यमंत्री बनने पर शिक्षकों में खुशी". Hindustan.
- ^ "Name of Committee members". BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange). December 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
- ^ Updated: Oct 4, 2016, 8:13 IST (4 October 2016). "Union health minister J P Nadda's visit leaves local party functionaries in high spirits | Dehradun News - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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- ^ Last updated: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 05:35 PM IST (9 March 2019). "Kalpana Saini becomes the Minister of State - कल्पना सैनी के राज्यमंत्री बनने पर शिक्षकों में खुशी". Livehindustan.com. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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- ^ "जनादेश बड़ा तो जिम्मेदारी भी बड़ी: प्रजापति". Dainik Jagran.
- ^ "डॉ कल्पना सैनी बने उत्तराखंड राज्य पिछड़ा वर्ग आयोग की अध्यक्ष". www.malisamajsocial.com.
- Women in Uttarakhand politics
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand
- Rashtra Sevika Samiti members
- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharaks
- People from Haridwar district
- 21st-century Indian women politicians
- 21st-century Indian politicians
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Women members of the Rajya Sabha
- Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand