Geeta Bhukkal
Geeta Bhukkal | |
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Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana | |
In office 2009–2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Matanhail, B.Ed. | 16 August 1968
Smt. Geeta Bhukkal (born 16 August 1968) is an
She held Education, Health, Women & Child Development, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfare of SCs & BCs, Industrial Training and Printing & Stationery as a Minister in the Haryana Cabinet.[2]Early life
Bhukkal was born to Sh. Rattan Singh Punia at Matanhail village in Jhajjar district of Haryana.
After completing her B.A. from
Political career
Bhukkal was elected as a
Following delimitation before the 2009 Assembly elections, she contested from the
She won the 2014 Assembly election from the Jhajjar Assembly Segment with a margin of over 26,000 votes becoming the first M.L.A. from Jhajjar to have won a consecutive term and she even became first Education Minister to have won an election, creating a record of sorts.
She won the 2019 Assembly election from the Jhajjar Assembly Segment with a margin of over 15,000 votes becoming the first M.L.A. from Jhajjar to have won the seat three times in a row and making it a hat-trick of her winning in the Jhajjar Assembly Segment and also creating a streak of wins in the State Assembly elections by winning Fourth time in a row since 2005.
Smt. Bhukkal is also member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).[3]
Personal life
Bhukkal is married to Dr. D. S. Bhukkal, and they have 3 children.
Positions held
- Ex-Member, Executive Committee, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
- Ex-General Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (Legal Cell)
- Ex-Organizing Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
- Nominated Member of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (India Branch) 24.10.2008
- Member, State Vigilance & Monitoring Committee, Haryana; Member, State Environment & Pollution Control Committee, Haryana (07.06.2006 to 06.06.2008)
- Member, Manifesto Committee, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
- Chairperson, Sub-Committee (National Level), Central Advisory Board of Education (Right to Education Actto 10th & 10+2
- Chairperson, Sub-Committee (National Level), Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) for Assessment & Implementation of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) in the Context of the No Detention Provision in the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009[4]
- Ex-Chairperson, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (Scheduled Castes Department)
- Member, All India Congress Committee
References
- ^ "Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA". haryanaassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Council of Ministers, Government of Haryana (2009)". Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ^ "Sitting and Previous MLAs from Jhajjar Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Geeta Bhukkal Committee Report" (PDF). CABE Sub-Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2017.