Congress nominates Namo Narayan Meena for Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Parliamentary Constituency
Namo Narayan Meena is the Congress candidate for newly-formed Tonk-Sawai Madhopur Parliamentary Constituency.
Meena is a sitting MP from Sawai Madhopur , an ST-reserved constituency that has now been restructured as general Tonk-Sawai Madhopur seat. He is also a Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Contest Between Col. Kirori Singh Bainsla & Namo Narayan Meena
In this elections, Namo Narayan Meena will contest against Col. Kirori Singh Bainsla, a former army officer, who was in the forefront of the agitation by the Gujjar community for ST status in 2007-08. Col. Kirori Singh Bainsla belongs to BJP Party.
A View on Namo Narayan Meena’s Profile
Namo Narayan Meena (born 24 December 1943) is a minister of state in Government of India. He is elected to 14th Lok Sabha from Sawai Madhopur constituency in Rajasthan as a candidate of Indian National Congress party.
He did M.A in geography from M.B College Udipur and he worked as Agriculturist.
Served Indian Police Service as Additional Director General of Police
He also served Indian Police Service as Additional Director General of Police (ADGP). He resigned in 2003 to join as Member Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission. He finally joined Congress and was given a seat by them in the parliamentary elections of 2004 and won handsomely.
He has received President’s police medal for distinguish service while serving as SP in several districts of Rajasthan.
