Bandaru Dattatreya
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Bandaru Dattatreya | |
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Ministry of Labour and Employment | |
Assumed office November 2014 | |
Preceded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
Personal details | |
Born | Government of India 26 Feb 1947 Hyderabad, Hyderabad State (now in Telangana), India Member of the India Parliament for Secunderabad |
Died | Government of India elected to 10th, 12th, 13th ,16th lok Sabha. Member of the India Parliament for Secunderabad |
Resting place | Government of India elected to 10th, 12th, 13th ,16th lok Sabha. Member of the India Parliament for Secunderabad |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Children | Vaishnav Bandaru,Vijaya Laxmi |
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Residenceelected to 10th, 12th, 13th ,16th lok Sabha. | Hyderabad |
Website | http://www.dattanna.com |
Bandaru Dattatreya (often called Dattanna, born 26 February 1947) is an Indian politician from the Telangana. He is currently the Minister of Labour and Employment in the Narendra Modi Government. He was the president of the United Andhra Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). He has been elected as a member of parliament for 10th, 12th, 13th Lok Sabhas (1991-2004) from Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency and was a Union Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. He was re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Secunderabad Constituency. He is a BJP National Vice-President and a Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in charge of Labour and Employment.[1] Dattatreya belongs to a lower caste and comes from a modest background.[2] [3]
In 2016, Dattatreya was accused of being responsible for the suicide of University of Hyderabad PhD research scholar Rohith Vemula, who killed himself on January 17, 2016. Vemula and 4 other students from Ambedkar Students Association (ASA) were involved in a protest against the execution of Yakub Memon, organizing beef fests in university, which led to their clash with some ABVP members and subsequent suspension after inquiry Committee constituted by Professor R.P Sharma, former Vice-Chancellor of Hyderabad University found that "Based on the Medical officer report (explained by Dr. Anupama), main complainant Susheel Kumar’s deposition and pictures by him and the depositions of two eyewitnesses (names are kept confidential) of the incident, it was evidently cleared that Mr.Susheel Kumar was abused, manhandled, beaten, forced to write apology letter by a group of more than 30 students, lead by Prashant. The main and most active students involved and named by the complainant and mostly confirmed by eyewitnesses, in abusing and hitting are Prashant, Rohit, Seshu, Vijay and Sunkanna" [4]. Dattatreya had written a letter to the Education Minister Smriti Irani, complaining that the student politics at the university was becoming "casteist, extremist and anti-national". Students protesting against Vemula's death claimed that Dattatrey's letter had led to the suspension of Vemula and his friends.[5] [6] >
Career
Bandaru Dattatreya started his career with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He was a pracharak before joining the BJP.
Positions held :
- 1980:Secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Andhra Pradesh.
- 1981 - 1989:General-Secretary, B.J.P., Andhra Pradesh.
- 1991: Elected to 10th Lok Sabha (Member, Public Accounts Committee and Committee on Welfare of SCs, STs and Minorities)
- 1996 - 1998:President, B.J.P., Andhra Pradesh.
- 1998:Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term).
- 1998 - 1999:Union Minister of State, Urban Development .
- 1999:Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term) .
- 13 October 1999 - 14 June 2000:Union Minister of State, Ministry of Urban Development .
- 14 June 2000 - 30 June 2002:Union Minister of State, Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.
- 1 July 2002 - 2004:Union Minister of State, Ministry of Railways.
- 2014- Elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Secunderabad Constituency.
- 2014- BJP National Vice-President
- 2014- Chairman : committee on OBC's welfare
- 2014- Ministry of State (Independent Charge), Labour and Employment..
References
- ^ New mantris in PM Narendra Modi durbar, Times of India, 10 November 2014
- ^ Bandaru Dattatreya - a simple leader from backward class (Profile),Business Standard, 20 January 2016)
- ^ [http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/independent-charge/ Cabinet expansion: Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Bandaru Dattatreya get Independent charge - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/independent-charge/#sthash.wsK0fogS.dpuf The Indian Express, 20 January 2-16
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- ^ [2]
- ^ "Bandaru Dattatreya says his letter has nothing to do with Dalit student's suicide". IBNLive. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
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