Raj Kumar Verka

Raj Kumar Verka is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly(MLA) and represents Amritsar West.[1][2] He was also vice chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes.[3]

Raj Kumar Verka
MLA, Punjab
In office
2002–2007
Preceded byUjagar Singh
Succeeded byDalbir Singh
ConstituencyVerka
In office
2012–present
Preceded byOm Parkash Soni
ConstituencyAmritsar West
Personal details
Born20 March 1963
Amritsar
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceAmritsar

Early life

He was born into Valmiki community to Jai Chand.[4][5]

Political career

Verka first successfully contested for Punjab Legislative Assembly from Verka constituency in 2002.[6]

In 2007, he was defeated from Verka constituency.[7] In 2012, he was elected from Amritsar West.[1]

Verka was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.[8]

Raj Kumar Verka elected for third term in 2017 from Amritsar West.8

Vice-Chairman

Since 2010, he is holding post of Vice Chairman in National Commission of Schedule Cast. reappointed as vice-chairman with w.e.f. 5 November 2013. he visited so many places during his tenure and did social work. he inaugurated Gramin Gyan Library, March,2011 which is a new concept to educate to Indian young generation.

References
  1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  2. "Congress MLA writes to Rahul Gandhi to induct Navjot Singh Sidhu". Indian Express. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. "Tour Program". NCSC. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. "Raj Kumar Myneta profile". Association of Democratic Rights. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  5. Jul 27, Vibhor Mohan | TNN | Updated:; 2019; Ist, 11:55. "Objections raised as Raj Kumar Verka gets cabinet rank | Chandigarh News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 June 2020.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  7. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  8. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/syl-verdict-42-punjab-congress-mlas-submit-resignation-4369724/

8.AMRITSAR WEST Election Result 2017, Punjab

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