Selja Kumari | |
|---|---|
 Selja Kumari | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sunita Duggal |
| Constituency | Sirsa |
| In office 17 May 2004 – 16 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Rattan Lal Kataria |
| Succeeded by | Rattan Lal Kataria |
| Constituency | Ambala |
| In office 13 March 1991 – 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Het Ram |
| Succeeded by | Sushil kumar Indora |
| Constituency | Sirsa |
| President of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| In office 4 September 2019 – 27 April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ashok Tanwar |
| Succeeded by | Udai Bhan |
| Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment | |
| In office 28 October 2012 – 28 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Mukul Wasnik |
| Succeeded by | Mallikarjun Kharge |
| Minister of Tourism | |
| In office 28 May 2009 – 19 January 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Ambika Soni |
| Succeeded by | Subodh Kant Sahay |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 10 April 2014 – 2 April 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Ram Prakash |
| Succeeded by | Deepender Singh Hooda |
| Constituency | Haryana |
| General Secretary of the AICC incharge of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| Assumed office 24 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Devender Yadav |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1962 Parbhuwala, Punjab, India (now in Haryana, India) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Residence(s) | Hisar, Haryana |
| Education | M.A., M.Phil. |
| Profession | Agriculturist & Social Worker |
| Source: [1] | |
Selja Kumari (born 24 September 1962) is an Indian politician and a Member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian parliament. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has served as the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Social Justice and Empowerment and Tourism during Manmohan Singh's premiership.
Selja was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 from Sirsa, a constituency that she retained in the 1996 elections. Following her election in 2009 to the Lok Sabha from Ambala, she was appointed the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment. Selja unsuccessfully contested the general elections in 2019 from Ambala, and following that made a return to state politics, being elected the president of the Haryana unit of the Congress party later that year.
She was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2014 to 2020. In the 2024 Indian general election, she was elected to the Lok Sabha again from the Sirsa constituency.[1]
- ^ The Economic Times (6 June 2024). "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.