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Manohar Lal Khattar
Official portrait, 2019
Union Minister of Power
Assumed office
10 June 2024
PresidentDraupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byR. K. Singh
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
Assumed office
10 June 2024
PresidentDraupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Preceded byHardeep Singh Puri
Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySanjay Bhatia
ConstituencyKarnal, Haryana
10thChief Minister of Haryana
In office
26 October 2014 – 12 March 2024
Preceded byBhupinder Singh Hooda
Succeeded byNayab Singh Saini
MemberofHaryana Legislative Assembly
In office
26 October 2014 – 13 March 2024
Preceded bySumita Singh
Succeeded byNayab Singh Saini
ConstituencyKarnal
Leader of the House,Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
26 October 2014 – 12 March 2024
Succeeded byNayab Singh Saini
Personal details
Born(1954-05-05)5 May 1954(age 70)[1]
Nindana,Punjab,India
(present-dayHaryana)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)New Delhi,Delhi,India
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
OccupationPolitician
Websitemanoharlalkhattar.in[2]

Manohar Lal Khattar(born 5 May 1954) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 33rdMinister of Power,40thMinister of Housing and Urban Affairssince 2024. He also served10thChief Minister of Haryanafrom 26 October 2014 till his resignation on 12 March 2024. He is a member of theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and a formerRSS pracharak.He represented theKarnalconstituency in theHaryana Legislative Assemblysince 2014 till 2024.[3]He was elected to theLok Sabha,lower houseof theParliament of IndiafromKarnal,Haryanain the2024 Indian general election.[4]As of June 2024, he serves as theMinister of PowerandMinister of Housing and Urban Affairsin theThird Modi Ministry.

Personal life[edit]

Khattar was born on 5 May 1954 inNindanavillage ofMehamtehsil in theRohtak districtofEast Punjab,India into aPunjabi Hindufamily.[5][6]His father, Harbans Lal Khattar, had migrated to the village from theJhang districtofWest Punjabfollowing thePartition of Indiain 1947. His family initially settled in the BanyanivillageofRohtak districtand took up farming.[2]

Khattar completed his matriculation (final year of high school) from Pandit Neki Ram SharmaGovernmentCollege,Rohtak.[2]He then moved toDelhi,and ran a shop nearSadar Bazar[2]while completing his bachelor's degree fromUniversity of Delhi.[7]

Political career[edit]

Khattar joinedRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) in 1977 and became a full-time pracharak three years later.[8]As a pracharak, he is a lifelong bachelor.[9]He worked as a full-time pracharak for 14 years before moving to BJP, in 1994.[2][8]

During 2000–2014, Khattar was Organizational General Secretary of the BJP in Haryana. during his tenure the state unit was also started a publication ofBhajpa Ki Baatmagazine in October 2000.[10][2]He was the Chairman of BJP's Haryana Election Campaign Committee for2014 Lok Sabha Elections.[11]Subsequently, he became a member of BJP's National Executive Committee.[11][12]

In 2014, Khattar was nominated as BJP's candidate fromKarnal constituencyfor the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2014. The party's workers and supporters in Karnal launched a signature campaign, asking the party leadership to field a local candidate instead of him.[13]His opponent, theIndian National Congresscandidate andDeepender Singh Hooda,accused Khattar of being an "outsider" not native to Karnal. But Modi wave helped Mr. Khattar win elections by heavy margin.[14]

In the elections, the BJP gained a majority in Haryana for the first time, and Khattar won his maiden election by a margin of 63,736 votes. During a party meeting, his name was proposed for theChief Minister of Haryanapost by Haryana BJP PresidentRam Bilas Sharma,seconded by other strong Chief Minister of Haryana claimantRao Inderjeet Singhand supported by manyMLAs.He became the BJP's first Chief Minister of Haryana after his swearing-in ceremony on 26 October 2014.[15][16]

On 27 October 2019, Khattar was sworn in as the chief minister for the second time, after making an alliance withDushyant Chautala'sJannayak Janta Partypost2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election.[17][18]

Khattar submitted his resignation to Haryana GovernorBandaru Dattatreyaon 12 March 2024 after the development came amid speculation of cracks emerging in the state's ruling BJP andJannayak Janta Party(JJP) coalition over seat sharing ahead of the2024 Lok Sabha elections,[19]and on 13 March he tendered his resignation from the Haryana Legislative Assembly.[20]

Manohar Lal assuming charge as the Union Minister for Power.

In March 2024, he was announced as the BJP candidate for theKarnal constituencyin the2024 Indian general election.[21]Khattar subsequently won from the seat.[4]

Major initiatives[edit]

Police reforms[edit]

Khattar announced that Haryana will have an all-woman police station in each district and around 500 woman constables will be recruited. He also started a 24×7 portal calledHarsamaythrough which anybody can file a complaint online.[22]

He has also suggested that Yoga to be a part of police constables' training to help keep the police personnel mentally and physically fit. According to media reports, Khattar has said that Police recruitments would be made on Transparent Recruitment Policy (TRP) and 3,060 new houses would be constructed for police personnel at a cost of Rs 550 crore in next three years.[23]

E-governance[edit]

Manohar Lal Khattar has introduced e-services through Common Service Centres including biometric attendance system in all the government offices through which attendance of all officers will be available online and monitored.[24]

Indian reunification[edit]

In July 2022, Manohar Lal Khattar championed the cause ofIndian reunification,declaringopposition to the partition of India.[25]Khattar likened the present divisions in the Indian subcontinent to those of East and West Germany, which were dissolved withGerman reunificationin the 1990s.[25]

Women's empowerment[edit]

Manohar Lal Khattar's Government has been in news for taking steps to implementBeti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojanascheme that was flagged off by India's Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.The child gender ratio has been improved in Haryana since he assumed power. It is now 889 girls per 1,000 boys. "Efforts are being made to further take it (child gender ratio) to above 900," Khattar has said in a public statement.[26]

Construction of memorial[edit]

Manohar Lal Khattar has publicly declared that his government will build a memorial to mark the sacrifice of Garud Commando Gursewak Singh, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Pathankot.[27]

Controversies[edit]

Manohar Lal Khattar is criticised for his remarks on rape and women issues.[28]During his election campaign for 2014 polls in India, he said: "If they (women) want freedom, why don't they just roam around naked? Freedom has to be limited."[29][30]Likewise, on 16 November 2018, he has stated, "The biggest concern is that in 80-90% of rapes and eve-teasing cases, the accused and the victim know each other. In many cases, they know each other for a long time, and on one day, when there is an argument,... an FIR is lodged, saying that this person has raped me." This evoked strong condemnation from the opposition.[31]On 3 April 2023, he again stirred a controversy by making a remark that a "[high court] judge needed to be" fixed "". The opposition believes this is interference with the judiciary and have demanded an apology and that a contempt of court notice be issued against him.[32]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  10. ^"Bhajpa Ki Baat is the official magazine of the Bharatiya Janata Party".BJPHaryana.org.5 October 2002. Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2002.
  11. ^ab"Will accept decision of party's parliamentary board, says BJP's CM-post frontrunner Manohar Lal Khattar".Zee Media Bureau.Zee News. 21 October 2014.Retrieved21 October2014.
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  13. ^"BJP workers launch signature campaign against outsiders in Karnal".Anita Singh.Times of India. 21 October 2014.Retrieved21 October2014.
  14. ^"Haryana elections: Khattar rides on Modi wave, Congress plays the outsider card in Karnal".IBN Live.Priyanka Rathi. 14 October 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2014.Retrieved21 October2014.
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  17. ^"Haryana govt formation updates: Manohar Lal Khattar sworn-in for 'second innings' as CM, Dushyant Chautala takes oath deputy CM".Firstpost.27 October 2019.Retrieved27 October2019.
  18. ^"Manohar Lal Khattar takes oath as Haryana CM for second term, Dushyant Chautala as Dy CM".The Economic Times.27 October 2019.Retrieved27 October2019.
  19. ^"CM Manohar Lal Khattar, cabinet resign after cracks in BJP-JJP alliance".Hindustan Times.12 March 2024. Archived fromthe originalon 12 March 2024.Retrieved12 March2024.
  20. ^Sandhu, Kamaljit Kaur (13 March 2024)."Haryana ex-Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resigns as MLA".India Today.Retrieved13 March2024.
  21. ^"Second list of BJP candidates for ensuing General Elections 2024 to the Parliamentary Constituencies of different states finalised by BJP CEC".bjp.org.13 March 2024.Retrieved13 March2024.
  22. ^"Haryana: CM Khattar announces all-woman police stations for all districts".Hindustan Times.2 May 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 2 May 2015.
  23. ^"Haryana govt to implement HRCOCA to check organised crime".Business Standard.PTI. 12 May 2015.Retrieved28 May2022.
  24. ^"Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar to launch seven e-services on May 2".DNA.30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  25. ^ab"India, Pakistan, Bangladesh can reunite, says Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar".The Indian Express.26 July 2022.
  26. ^PTI (7 January 2016)."'Haryana's child sex ratio improves to 889 girls per 1,000 boys'".Hindustan Times.Retrieved25 February2021.
  27. ^PTI (5 January 2016)."Memorial to be build [sic] for slain Commando Gursewak: Manohar Lal Khattar ".The Economic Times.Retrieved21 March2017.
  28. ^Yadav, Jyoti (11 August 2019)."Haryana CM Khattar didn't say 'bring girls from Kashmir', but he sure found it funny".ThePrint.Retrieved25 February2021.
  29. ^"And Now Haryana's New CM Khattar Wants Girls to Dress" Decently "".The Citizen.22 October 2014.Retrieved25 February2021.
  30. ^Roychoudhury, Shibaji (22 October 2014)."Manohar Lal Khattar, who blamed women for India's rising rapes, is new Haryana CM".Scroll.in.Retrieved25 February2021.
  31. ^"Manohar Lal Khattar: Haryana CM Khattar sparks controversy with rape remark".The Times of India.18 November 2018.Retrieved25 February2021.
  32. ^Manav, Sushil (3 April 2023)."Haryana CM Khattar's remark on HC judge sparks political row. Opposition calls him 'arrogant', demands apology".ThePrint.Retrieved12 March2024.

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