Kartar Singh Bhadana () is an Indian politician and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party.

Family

His father was Nahar Singh and his mother was Ramphali Devi. Avtar Singh Bhadana is his brother.

Kartar Singh Bhadana

Political career

Kartar Singh Bhadana has been a MLA for three terms. For two terms he served the Samalkha Vidhan Sabha Haryana and also as a cooperative minister of Haryana. For one term, he served the Khatauli (Assembly constituency) in Uttar Pradesh.

Kartar Singh Bhadana

In 1999, Bhadana played a vital role in the formation of INLD government in the state of Haryana. He was the president of HVP(D) (the breakaway group of 18 MLAs of the Haryana Vikas Party) and supported Om Prakash Chautala as the next chief minister and he became heavyweight cabinet minister in the government.

Kartar Singh Bhadana

In 2007, he strongly raised the demand of Gurjar community over the issue of gurjar reservation also known as "The Gurjar Andolan". He took the pledge to not eat a single grain ( अन्न in Hindi) until the government releases all the people put in jail over the issue of andolan and ate only fruits and liquids for approx. 7 months until his demands were fulfilled.

Posts held

See also

Government of India

Politics of India

References

1955 births

Living people

Rashtriya Lok Dal politicians

People from Muzaffarnagar district

Haryana MLAs 1996–2000

Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017

Bahujan Samaj Party politicians

Haryana Vikas Party politicians

Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh

Haryana MLAs 2000–2005