Suresh Kumar Kashyap is an
Indian politician
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and President of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of
Bharatiya Janata Party
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.
Early life
Suresh Kr. Kashyap was born in a
Koli
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family to Chambel Singh Kashyap and Shanti Devi at Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh.
He did graduation from
Kurukshetra University
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History
The univer ...
, M.A in Tourism Management from
IGNOU and PGDM in Public Relation & Communication Management from
Maharshi Dayananad Saraswati University (Ajmer), then B.Ed. and MPhil in Public Administration from
Himachal Pradesh University
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.
In 1988, he joined
Indian Air Force
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as airman (''non-commissioned officer'') and got retired in 2004.
Political career
He started his career as member of BDC (Pachhad) joined BJP and later became Distt. President of BJP SC Morcha. In 2009 he was State General Secretary of BJP SC Morcha.
He became Member of
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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from
Pachhad constituency in 2012 and got re-elected in 2017 from same constituency.
In 2019 Lok Sabha elections he became
Member of Parliament
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from
Shimla
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constituency. He served as member of parliamentary committees -
*Member of Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice.
*Member of Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House.
*Member of Committee on External Affairs.
*Member of Consulatitve Committee for Ministry of Food Processing Industries.
On 22 July 2020 he became President of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
.
References
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India MPs 2019–present
Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh
Living people
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Himachal Pradesh
People from Shimla
1971 births
Himachal Pradesh University alumni
Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University alumni