BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

BAKHT, SHRI SIKANDER

B.Sc.; B.J.P. (Madhya Pradesh); s. of Shri Hafiz Mohd. Yusuf and Shrimati N. Begum

Yusuf; b. at Delhi, August 24, 1918; ed. at (i) Anglo-Arabic College, Delhi and (ii) Delhi University; m. Shrimati Raj Sharma, May 24, 1952; 2 s. Social and Political Worker; detained for 18 months during Emergency, 1975-76; was Chairman, Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking; Vice-President, B.J.P. 1982-93; General Secretary, B.J.P., 1980-82; Member and General Secretary, Janata Party, 1977; was Member, (i) Indian National Congress, until 1969, (ii) All India Congress Committee (O), and also its Working Committee, 1969-77, (iii) Municipal Corporation, Delhi, (iv) Delhi Metropolitan Council for 10 years,(v) Sixth Lok Sabha, (vi) General Purposes Committee, Rajya Sabha, (vii) Committee of Privileges, Rajya Sabha, (viii) Committee on External Affairs,1996-97, (ix) Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs,1991-97 and (x) Ethics Committee, Rajya Sabha, 1997-98; Attended,(i) the 90th I.P.U. Conference held in Canberra, Australia in September, 1993, (ii) the 94th I.P.U. Conference held in Bucharest, Romania in October, 1995,(iii) the 42nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in August, 1996 and (iv) the 43rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in Port Louis, Mauritius in September,1997; Minister, (i) Works Housing, Supply, Rehabilitation and Wakf, 1977-79, (ii) Urban Affairs and Employment and External Affairs, May 16 to May 31, 1996 and (iii) Industry from March 19,1998; Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, July 7, 1992 to May 15, 1996 and again from June 1, 1996 to March 18,1998; Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha from March 19,1998 ; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1990 and re-elected in April, 1996.

Clubs : Delhi Gymkhana, Delhi Race Club.

Travels abroad : U.K., the whole of the Western Europe, Canada, U.S.A., Australia, Japan, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius and almost all countries in the Middle East.

Special interest : Sports, Indian classical music and Urdu poetry.

Permanent address : House No. 47, Mata Prasad Kreshar Ke Pas, Scindia Ki Chhawani, Lashkar, Gwalior.