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Harvinder Kalyan

Harvinder Kalyan
Speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
25 October 2024
DeputyKrishan Lal Middha
Leader of the HouseNayab Singh Saini
Preceded byGian Chand Gupta
ConstituencyGharaunda (Karnal district) in Haryana Vidhan Sabha
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byNarender Sangwan
ConstituencyGharaunda
Personal details
Born (1967-01-15) 15 January 1967 (age 58)
Kutail, Karnal, Haryana
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Bahujan Samaj Party
Indian National Congress
SpouseReshma Kalyan Naik
ChildrenAyeshna Kalyan
Residence(s)Kalyan Farm, G T Road, Madhuban, Karnal district, Haryana, India,[1]
Alma materBTech from BNCoE, Pusad under Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionAgriculturist
WebsiteOfficial Website
As of 21 October, 2014

Harvinder Kalyan is an Indian politician. He belongs to Ror community. He was elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Gharaunda in the 2014, 2019 and 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] He was elected as the speaker of Haryana Legislative Assembly on 25 October 2024.

Personal life

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Harvinder Singh Kalyan was born in 1967 in village Kutail near Madhuban of Karnal in Haryana to his farmer father Devi Singh Kalyan (Ex Chairman Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Ltd.(Govt. Of Haryana).[3][4]

In 1985, he enrolled for the Bachelor of Engineering (Civil engineering) degree from Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering, Pusad (BNCoE, Pusad) (affiliated to Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University) from Pusad town of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.[3][5]

He is married to Reshma Kalyan (housewife/writer), daughter of Manohar Naik. Manohar Naik has been elected as Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in Yavatmal district from 1995 to 1999, 2004–2009, 2009–2014, and 2014–2019.

Political life

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Kalyan joined politics under the youth wing of Indian National Congress, which he eventually left to join the Bahujan Samaj Party.[6]

In 2009, contested and lost elections from Gharaunda constituency of Haryana Legislative Assembly as Bahujan Samaj Party candidate.[3][5][6][7]

In July 2014, he left the Bahujan Samaj Party and joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).[6] On 19 October 2014, he contested and won elections with a margin of 18700 votes from Gharaunda constituency of Haryana Legislative Assembly as a BJP candidate.[7][8]

He was elected Speaker of the Haryana Legislative Assembly on October 25, 2024.

References

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  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Har2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA". haryanaassembly.gov.in. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Har1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Vision". Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Haryana 2009: Harvinder KalyanGharaunda (KARNAL)". myneta.info. 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "BSP leader Harwinder Kalyan quits party". Hindustan Times. HT Correspondent. 12 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Harvinder Kalyan of BJP WINS the Gharaunda constituency". NewsReporter.in. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  8. ^ "GHARAUNDA ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS, HARYANA". Elections.in. Retrieved 21 October 2014.