Preceded by Ujagar Singh Name Raj Verka Succeeded by Dalbir Singh Constituency Amritsar West Residence Amritsar | Constituency Verka Role Politician Movies Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya | |
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AAP IS A PARTY OF ROUGES - DR RAJ KUMAR VERKA
Interview of Raj Kumar Verka, MLA, Amritsar West (INC)
Raj Kumar Verka is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Punjab Legislative Assembly(MLA) and represents Amritsar West. He is also vice chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes.
Contents
- AAP IS A PARTY OF ROUGES DR RAJ KUMAR VERKA
- Interview of Raj Kumar Verka MLA Amritsar West INC
- Early life
- Political career
- Vice Chairman
- References
Early life
His father's name is Jai Chand.
Political career
Verka first successfully contested for Punjab Legislative Assembly from Verka constituency in 2002. In 2007, he was defeated from Verka constituency. In 2012, he was elected from Amritsar West. Verka was one of the 42 INC MLAs who submitted their resignation in protest of a decision of the Supreme Court of India ruling Punjab's termination of the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) water canal unconstitutional.
Vice-Chairman
Since 2010, he is holding post of Vice Chairman in National Commission of Schedule Cast. reappointed as vice-chairman with w.e.f. 5 November 2013. he visited so many places during his tenure and did social work. he inaugurated Gramin Gyan Library, March,2011 which is a new concept to educate to Indian young generation.