Vikram Verma (born 23 January 1944) is an Indian politician and a leader of the

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(BJP) from Dhar,

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. He formerly served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the

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. He also served as a Minister in the

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for Youth and Sports Affairs from 2002 to 2004.

Personal life

Verma was born in a

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family of Kharagdaniya gotra in village Dharampuri of

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district in Madhya Pradesh. His father is Ganpat Singh Verma. He married

Neena Verma Neena Verma (19 October 1957) is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh state. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Dhar Vidhan Sabha Constituency. Her husband is Vik ...

on 22 June 1978. Neena is a

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(MLA) from Dhar, Indore. They have three daughters. His eldest daughter is married to the elder son of

Sahib Singh Verma Sahib Singh Verma (15 March 1943 – 30 June 2007) was an Indian politician. He served as the 4th Chief Minister of Delhi (1996–1998) and was member of 13th Lok Sabha, Parliament of India (1999–2004). He served as the Union Labour Minist ...

, former

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Education

Verma did his primary education in

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village. He graduated from Christian College,

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. He received his M.A. (Hindi & Political Science) from Indore Christian College, Indore. He completed LL.B. from Indore Christian College, Indore.

Corruption allegations

On 17 July 2015,an Indian Right to Information (RTI) activist, lodged a complaint against Verma which was never proved.

Political career

*He was president of the students' union in his college life. *1969-72 : he remained chairman of Dharampuri Municipality. *1977-80 : he was first time elected member of state assembly and appointed parliamentary secretary. *1980-85, Member, Legislative Assembly,

and was Pradesh mantri of Bhartiya Janta Party. *1989-93 Cabinet Minister, School Education, Higher Education, Sports, Culture, Government of Madhya Pradesh. *1990-93 and 1993-98 1978-80 Parliament Secretary, Education, Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh * 1993-98 Leader of the Opposition, Legislative Assembly, Madhya Pradesh * August 2002-04 Union Cabinet Minister of youth affairs and sports, Member of

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*2006 Re-elected to

* 2007- Appointed National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party

Awards

Verma won several awards in national level debates in Literature and participated in literary and socio-cultural activities.

References

Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh 1944 births Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh People from Dhar Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1980–1985 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1990–1992 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998 State cabinet ministers of Madhya Pradesh Leaders of the opposition in Madhya Pradesh {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub