Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
RAWAT, SHRI BHAGWAN SHANKAR
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - AGRA (UTTAR PRADESH)]
Father's Name Shri Ram Chandra Sharma
Date of Birth 4 December 1940
Place of Birth Rawatpara, Distt. Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
Marital Status Married on 4 June 1965
Spouse's Name Smt. Shakuntala Rawat
Children Three sons and one daughter
Educational Qualifications
M.A. (English Literature), LL.B.
Educated at Agra University, Agra (Uttar Pradesh)
Profession
Lawyer, Journalist, Educationist, Political and
Social Worker
Permanent Address
243, Jaipur House Colony, Agra-282010
(Uttar Pradesh)
Tels. (0562) 311133, 311144
Present Address
155, North Avenue,
New Delhi-110001
Tel. (011) 3792523
Positions Held
1968-73 Member, Agra Municipal Corporation
1970-72 Leader, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.),
Agra Municipal Corporation
1977 Convenor, Janata Party
1980-90 Member, National Council, Bharatiya Janata
Party (B.J.P.)
1984-86 President, B.J.P., Agra Mahanagar, Uttar
Pradesh
1986 Member, State Working Committee, B.J.P., Uttar
onwards Pradesh
1986-94 Incharge, B.J.P., Distt. Agra, Uttar Pradesh
1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
1991-93 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
1991-96 Incharge, B.J.P. Parliamentary Affairs, Haryana
Member, Executive Committee, B.J.P. Parliamentary
Party
Member, Committee of Privileges
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Commerce
1993-95 Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts
1993-96 Member, Committee on Commerce
1994-96 Incharge, B.J.P., Agra Mahanagar, Uttar Pradesh
Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Copyright
Bill, 1992
1995-96 Convenor, Sub-Committee of Committee on
Commerce (Leather Products and Carpet Manufacturing)
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1996-97 Member, House Committee
Member, Committee of Privileges
Member, Committee on Finance
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Commerce
1996 Incharge, B.J.P., Parliamentary Affairs,
onwards Pondicherry
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
1998-99 Member, Committee of Privileges
Member, Rules Committee
Member, Committee on Finance
Member, Committee on Provision of Computers
to Members of Parliament and its Sub-Committee on
Maintenance of computers and related activities
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Civil Aviation
Social and Cultural Activities
Founder-President, Sri Ram Lila Samiti, Jaipur House, Agra,
1978-95; conducting seminars on literary and cultural matters;
campaigning for creating solidarity and harmony and eradication
of ill practices in various communities of the society;
development of slums; and development and renovation of places
of cultural importance
Special Interests
Keen interest in reading, writing, social service and protection
of environment
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Visiting places of literary, cultural and religious
importance and discussions thereon
Countries Visited
Visited Australia, Hong Kong, U.K. and U.S.A. as a member of Study
Group of Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha, 1997; and U.A.E. as
member of inaugural Air India flight from Calicut to Abu Dhabi, 1999;
Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the Speaker, Kuwait,
1995-96 and Morocco, 1998; (ii) Indian Delegation to United Nations,
New York, 1997
Other Information
President, Agra College Students' Union, 1961-62; Vice-President,
Agra Collectorate Bar Association, 1974-80; Detained under
Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA)during Emergency in
1975-77; Member, (i) Agra College, Agra Trust (nominated by the
Government of U.P.), 1978-83; (ii) Management Committee, Agra
College, 1980-83; (iii) Senate, Agra University since 1985-97;
(iv) Executive Council, Agra University since 1986-96; (v) Legal
Aid Committee, Uttar Pradesh, 1991-92; and (vi) Managing Committee
of U.P. State Road Fund, 1999 onwards
Election Result of
Agra Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 12,22,357
Total votes polled 6,61,401
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri Bhagwan Shankar Rawat (B.J.P.) 2,40,172
(2) Shri Rameshwar Singh (Ind.) 1,91,749
(3) Shri Kishan Lal Baghel (B.S.P.) 1,66,241
(4) Shri Mohan Lal Agrawal (I.N.C.) 29,061
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