Manohar Lal Khattar

The Hon'ble
Manohar Lal Khattar
मनोहर लाल खट्टर ਮਨੋਹਰ ਲਾਲ ਖਟਰ
10th Chief Minister of Haryana
Assumed office
26 October 2014
Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki
Preceded by Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Constituency Karnal
Personal details
Born (1954-05-05) 5 May 1954[1]
Nindana, Meham tehsil, Rohtak district, Punjab, India (now Haryana, India)
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Unmarried
Alma mater Delhi University
Occupation politician
Religion Hinduism
Website manoharlalkhattar.in
[2]

Manohar Lal Khattar(in Hindi मनोहर लाल खट्टर in Punjabi ਮਨੋਹਰ ਲਾਲ ਖਟਰ (born 5 May 1954) is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician, and current Chief Minister of Haryana state in India. He is a former RSS pracharak. He represents Karnal constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly, and was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Haryana after BJP's win in the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2014.

Personal life

Khattar belongs to Punjabi family.[3]Khattar was born in 1954 in Nindana village of Meham Chobisi, tehsil in Rohtak district of Haryana. His father, Harbans Lal Khattar, was of Khatri caste,[4] who migrated to Haryana from West Punjab following the Partition of India in 1947. His family initially settled in the Banyani village of Rohtak district and took up farming.[2]

Khattar completed his matriculation (final year of high school) from Pandit Neki Ram Sharma Government College, Rohtak.[2] He then moved to Delhi, and ran a shop near Sadar Bazar[2] while completing his bachelor's degree from Delhi University.[5]

Political career

Khattar joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1977, and became a full-time pracharak three years later. As a pracharak, he is a lifelong bachelor.[6] He worked as a full-time pracharak for 14 years before moving to BJP, in 1994.[2][7]

During 2000-2014, Khattar was Organizational General Secretary of the BJP in Haryana.[2] He was the Chairman of BJP's Haryana Election Campaign Committee for 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.[8] Subsequently, he became a member of BJP's National Executive Committee.[8]

In 2014, Khattar was nominated as BJP's candidate from Karnal constituency for the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2014. The party's workers and supporters in Karnal launched a signature campaign, asking the party leadership to field a local candidate instead of him.[9] His opponent, the Indian National Congress candidate Surender Singh Narwal, accused Khattar of being an "outsider" not native to Karnal. He claimed that during Narendra Modi's campaign rally, people raised slogans such as Bahari bhagao, Karnal bachao ("Send the outsider back home, save Karnal").[10] During his election campaign, in response to a question on Khaps, Khattar stated that girls must not "lure" boys and must wear decent clothes to not attract the opposite sex.[11]

In the elections, the BJP gained a majority in Haryana for the first time, and Khattar won his maiden election by a margin of 63,736 votes. During a party meeting, his name was proposed for the Chief Minister of Haryana post by Haryana BJP President Ram Bilas Sharma, seconded by other strong Chief Minister of Haryana claimant Abhimanyu Sindhu and supported by many MLAs. He became the BJP's first Chief Minister of Haryana after his swearing-in ceremony on 26 October 2014.[12][13]

Major Initiatives

Police Reforms

Khattar announced that Haryana will have an all-woman police station in each district and around 500 woman constables will be recruited. He also started a 24x7 portal called 'Harsamay' through which anybody can file a complaint online.[14]

He has also suggested that Yoga to be a part of police constables training to help keep the police personnel mentally and physically fit. According to media reports, Khattar has said that Police recruitments would be made on Transparent Recruitment Policy (TRP) and 3,060 new houses would be constructed for police personnel at a cost of Rs 550 crore in next three years.[15]

E-Governance

Manohar Lal Khattar has introduced e-services through Common Service Centres including biometric attendance system in all the government offices through which attendance of all officers will be available online and monitored.[16]

Women Empowerment

Manohar Lal Khattar's Government has been in news for taking steps to implement Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana scheme that was flagged off by India's Prime Mister Narendra Modi. The child sex ratio has been improved in Haryana since he assumed power. It is now 889 girls per 1,000 boys. "Efforts are being made to further take it (child sex ratio) to above 900," Khattar has said in a public statement.[17]

Development

Khattar has announced two new road projects, 'Northern Peripheral Road' and 'Southern Peripheral Road' to ease traffic jams in Gurgaon and improve connectivity for commuters. He is also said to have submitted proposals for launching Regional Rapid Rail Transit services at Delhi-Gurgaon- Alwar and Delhi-Sonipat-Panipat to decrease dependence on roads. High-speed cable car facility is also underway for which discussions are on with a Spanish company.[18]

Construction of Memorial

Manohar Lal Khattar has publicly declared that his Government will build a memorial to mark the sacrifice of Garud Commando Gursewak Singh who was killed in a terrorist attack in Pathankot.[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Haryana Gets Manohar Lal Khattar As New Chief Minister". Metro Journalist. 2014-02-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Profile of Manohar Lal Khattar" (PDF). manoharlalkhattar.in. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  3. ↑ http://m.indiatoday.in/story/manohar-lal-khattar-haryana-chief-minister-jat-community-rss/1/397210.html
  4. ↑ http://scroll.in/article/684700/manohar-lal-khattar-who-blamed-women-for-indias-rising-rapes-is-new-haryana-cm
  5. ↑ "Profile: Manoharlal Khattar". MyNeta.com. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Evoking memories of lawless Chautala-regime helps BJP win Haryana". Arhis Mohan. Business Standard. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Who is Manohar Lal Khattar?". India Today. October 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  8. 1 2 "Will accept decision of party's parliamentary board, says BJP's CM-post frontrunner Manohar Lal Khattar". Zee Media Bureau. Zee News. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "BJP workers launch signature campaign against outsiders in Karnal". Anita Singh. Times of India. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Haryana elections: Khattar rides on Modi wave, Congress plays the outsider card in Karnal". IBN Live. Priyanka Rathi. October 14, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Freedom must have limits too, girls should dress decently to not lure boys, says BJP's Karnal candidate". Pragati Ratti. IBN Live. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Manohar Lal Khattar to be sworn in as Haryana CM on October 26 in oath ceremony at panchkula". India Today. October 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  13. ↑ "BJP chooses Manohar Lal Khattar as Haryana Chief Minister". October 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
  14. ↑ "Haryana: CM Khattar announces all-woman police stations for all districts". Hindustan Times. May 2, 2015.
  15. ↑ "CM Manohar Lal Khattar announces implementation of Haryana Control of Organised Crime Act". DNA. May 13, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar to launch seven e-services on May 2". DNA. April 30, 2015.
  17. ↑ "‘Haryana’s child sex ratio improves to 889 girls per 1,000 boys’". Hindustan Times. January 7, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Two new road projects to decongest traffic in Gurgaon: Manohar Lal Khattar". DNA. October 23, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Memorial to be build for slain Commando Gursewak: Manohar Lal Khattar". Economic Times. January 5, 2016.

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Preceded by
Bhupinder Singh Hooda		 Chief Minister of Haryana
26 October 2014 – present 		Succeeded by
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