Kartar Singh Bhadana

{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1955)}}

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| name = Kartar Singh Bhadana

| native_name = करतार सिंह भड़ाना

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| constituency = Khatauli

| office = Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| term_start = March 2012

| term_end = March 2017

| predecessor = Yograj Singh (politician)

| successor = Vikram Singh Saini

| constituency1 = Samalkha

| office1 = Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|01|01}}

| birth_place = Faridabad, Punjab, India

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| otherparty = Rashtriya Lok Dal (until 2019) Bahujan Samaj Party (2019-2024)

| party = Bhartiya Janata Party (since 2024)

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| children = Manmohan Bhadana

| residence = Faridabad, Haryana

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| profession = Politician

| predecessor1 = Hari Singh

| successor1 = Bharat Singh

| termend1 = 2005

| termstart1 = 1996

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Kartar Singh Bhadana ({{langx|hi|करतार सिंह भड़ाना}}) is an Indian politician and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party political party.{{cite news|title= Member Profile|publisher=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly website|access-date=27 Jul 2015|url=http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/pdfs/members_profile/15.pdf}}{{cite news|title= 2012 Election Results|publisher=Election Commission of India website|access-date=27 Jul 2015|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf}}{{cite news|title=All MLAs from Assembly Constituency|publisher=Elections.in|access-date=27 Jul 2015|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/khatauli.html}}

Family

His father was Nahar Singh and his mother was Ramphali Devi. Avtar Singh Bhadana is his brother. His son Manmohan Bhadana is currently an mla in the Haryana Legislative Assembly.

Political career

Kartar Singh Bhadana has been a MLA for three terms. For two terms he served the Samalkha Vidhan Sabha Haryana and also as a cooperative minister of Haryana. For one term, he served the Khatauli (Assembly constituency) in Uttar Pradesh.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}}

In 1999, Bhadana played a vital role in the formation of INLD government in the state of Haryana. He was the president of HVP(D) (the breakaway group of 18 MLAs of the Haryana Vikas Party) and supported Om Prakash Chautala as the next chief minister and he became heavyweight cabinet minister in the government.{{Cite web |title=News Headings |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jul24/ |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=www.tribuneindia.com}}

In 2007, he strongly raised the demand of Gurjar community over the issue of gurjar reservation also known as "The [https://www.bbc.com/hindi/regionalnews/story/2008/05/080523_gujjar_protest Gurjar Andolan]". He took the pledge to not eat a single grain ( अन्न in Hindi) until the government releases all the people put in jail over the issue of andolan and ate only fruits and liquids for approx. 7 months until his demands were fulfilled. In 2024 by-election, he fought from Mangalore Constituency of Uttarakhand and lost to Congress. {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2poOAQAAMAAJ&q=kartar+bhadana |title=Alpjan: A Chronicle of Minorities |date=2006 |publisher=Social Advancement and Development Trust |language=en}}

Posts held

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FromToPositionComments
1996

|2000

|rowspan=2|MLA Samalkha, Co-operative Minister

|Key player of government

2000

|2004

|Emerged as big gurjar leader

Mar-2012

| Mar-2017

| Member, 16th Legislative Assembly

|Worked for Khatauli

References