Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha









JAISWAL, SHRI SHANKAR PRASAD
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - VARANASI (UTTAR PRADESH)]


Father's Name	    	Late Shri Raghunath Prasad Jaiswal

Date of Birth	    	9 August 1932

Place of Birth	    	Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Marital Status	    	Married on 9 August 1953

Spouse's Name	    	Smt. Savitri Devi

Children	    	One son and three daughters

Educational Qualifications  

		Matriculate

Profession   

		Social Worker

Permanent Address  

		22, Ambalika Puri, 
		Mahatma Gandhi Vidyapeeth Road, 
		Varanasi - 221001
		(Uttar Pradesh) 

		Tel. (0542) 362800

Present Address  

		97, North Avenue,
		New Delhi - 110001

		Tel. (011) 3794497

Positions Held     

1956-58		SLecretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (B.J.S.), Varanasi

1960-64		Member, Metropolitan Council, Varanasi

		Whip, B.J.S. Party in Metropolitan Council, Varanasi
	
1960-68		Organising-Secretary, B.J.S., Varanasi

1969-74		Member, Utt Pradesh Legislative Assembly

1969-70		Whip, B.J.S., Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly

1977-80		Member, Finance Committee

1992-94		General-Secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Kashi
		Region

1996		Elected to 11th Lok Sabha 

1996-97		Member,  Committee on Urban and Rural Development

		Member,  Committee on Food, Civil Supplies and 
		Public Distribution

		Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
		Parliamentary Affairs

1997-98		Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development

1998		Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

		Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha

1998-99		Member, Committee on Human Resource Development
		and its Sub-Committee-I on Value-based Education

                Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
                Food and Consumer Affairs

Other Information  

Volunteer, Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (R.S.S.), 1948 
onwards; Member, (i) B.J.S., 1951 onwards; (ii) Bharatiya 
Mazdoor Sangh, 1955-59; and (iii) Court of Banaras Hindu
University, 1998-99; established Maharishi Valmiki Sewa 
Sansthan in Naugarh (Hills) area of District Varanasi under 
Vishwa Hindu Parishad, 1994

Election Result of
Varanasi Lok Sabha Constituency 
 
Total electorate 	13,88,211
Total votes polled 	 6,55,924

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Shri Shankar Prasad Jaiswal 	(B.J.P.) 2,77,232
(2) Shri Deena Nath Singh Yadav 	[C.P.I.(M)] 1,25,286
(3) Dr. Avdhesh Singh 			(B.S.P.) 1,01,024
(4) Shri Rajdev Patel 			(A.D.)     65,529
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