Jagatvir Singh Drona
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Biography
Captain Pandit Jagat Vir Singh Drona (born 23 July 1939) is the present mayor of Kanpur and a former member of the 10th,11th and 12th Lok Sabha. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served in the Indian army before joining politics in 1990.
Positions held
1990-92 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Distt. Kanpur
1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel
1993 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha onwards
1993-95 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1993-96 Member, Rules Committee
1994-96 Member, Committee on Defence
Member, Committee on Steel
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1996-97 Member, Committee on Estimates
Member, Committee on Home Affairs
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1997 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee, Wakf Board
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
Secretary, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
1998-99 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women - Criminal Laws
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
2012-17 Hon'ble Mayor of Kanpur