Geeta Bhukkal

Geeta Bhukkal
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–Incumbent
Preceded by	Hari Ram
Constituency	Jhajjar
In office 2005–2009
Preceded by	Deena Ram
Succeeded by	Rampal Majra
Constituency	Kalayat
Cabinet Minister Government of Haryana
In office 2009–2014
Personal details
Born	(1968-08-16) 16 August 1968 (age 56) Matanhail, Haryana, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Dalbir Singh Bhukkal
Children	3
Residence	Jhajjar
Education	M.A., LL.B., P.G. Diploma in Personnel Management and Industrial Relations, B.Ed.

Smt. Geeta Bhukkal (born 16 August 1968) is an Indian National Congress politician representing the Jhajjar constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly, India.[1] She held Education, Health, Women & Child Development, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfare of SCs & BCs, Industrial Training and Printing & Stationery as a Minister in the Haryana Cabinet.[2]

Early life

After completing her B.A. from Panjab University, Chandigarh, she did her post-graduate diploma in personnel management and industrial relations from D.A.V Management College, Chandigarh. Bhukkal also completed her bachelor of law degree from the University of Delhi and her bachelor in education from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak and after that she went for an M.A. in political science.^[citation needed]

Political career

Bhukkal was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly for the first time from Kalayat Assembly Segment in 2005. She won this seat for the Indian National Congress for the first time in 37 years.[3]

Following delimitation before the 2009 Assembly elections, she contested from the Jhajjar Assembly Segment in 2009, winning the election with a margin of over 28,000 votes. She was made the Cabinet Minister for Education & Languages, Social Justice & Empowerment, Welfare of Scheduled Castes/Backward Classes, Women & Child Development, Industrial Training, Archaeology & Museums, Archives, Health & Medical Education, and Printing & Stationery.[4]

She won the 2014 Assembly election from the Jhajjar Assembly Segment with a margin of over 26,000 votes becoming the first M.L.A. from Jhajjar to have won a consecutive term and she even became first Education Minister to have won an election.[5]

She won the 2019 Assembly election from the Jhajjar Assembly Segment with a margin of over 15,000 votes becoming the first M.L.A. from Jhajjar to have won the seat three times in a row in the Jhajjar Assembly Segment and also creating a streak of wins in the State Assembly elections by winning for the fourth time in a row since 2005.[6]

She won the 2024 Assembly election from the Jhajjar Assembly Segment with a margin of 13555 votes and also created a record by winning five consecutive assembly polls and she is the first woman from the state of Haryana to achieve this feat.[7]

Bhukkal is also member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).[8]

Personal life

Bhukkal is married to Dalbir Singh Bhukkal, and they have 3 children.[9]

Positions held

• Ex-Member, Executive Committee, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
• Ex-General Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (Legal Cell)
• Ex-Organizing Secretary, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
• Nominated Member of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (India Branch) 24.10.2008
• Member, State Vigilance & Monitoring Committee, Haryana; Member, State Environment & Pollution Control Committee, Haryana (07.06.2006 to 06.06.2008)
• Member, Manifesto Committee, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee
• Chairperson, Sub-Committee (National Level), Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) for Extension of Right to Education Act to 10th & 10+2
• Chairperson, Sub-Committee (National Level), Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) for Assessment & Implementation of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) in the Context of the No Detention Provision in the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009[10]
• Ex-Chairperson, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (Scheduled Castes Department)
• Member, All India Congress Committee

References

1. "Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA". haryanaassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
2. "Council of Ministers, Government of Haryana (2009)". Retrieved 24 April 2017.
3. "Haryana Assembly Polls: Geeta Bhukkal, Jhajjar MLA". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
4. "Haryana Assembly Polls: Geeta Bhukkal, Jhajjar MLA". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
5. "Haryana Assembly Polls: Geeta Bhukkal, Jhajjar MLA". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
6. "Haryana Elects Fewest Women MLAs In 10 Years". indiaspend.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
7. "Haryana verdict: Women count goes up in state assembly". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
8. "Sitting and Previous MLAs from Jhajjar Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
9. "Congress, BJP nominees confident of win". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
10. "Geeta Bhukkal Committee Report" (PDF). CABE Sub-Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2017.