Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (after 2003) |
Sunder Lal | |
Constituency: | Surajgarh, Rajasthan |
Birth Date: | 22 August 1933 |
Office: | Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 1972-1977, 1980-1990, 1993-1998, 2003 |
Birth Place: | Kalwa, Buhana, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan |
Death Date: | 13 September 2024 |
Death Place: | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
Term End: | 2008 |
Termstart1: | 2008 |
Termend1: | 2018 |
Constituency1: | Pilani, Rajasthan |
Predecessor1: | Sharwan Kumar |
Successor1: | J.P. Chandelia |
Office2: | State Minister Government of Rajasthan |
Termstart2: | 2 July 1998 |
Termend2: | 30 November 1998 |
1Blankname2: | Ministry and Department |
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Otherparty: | Indian National Congress (till 2003) |
Spouse: | Smt. Saraswati Devi |
Profession: | Farmer and Politician |
Nickname: | Kaka |
Sunder Lal (22 August 1933 – 13 September 2024),[1] better known as Sunder Lal Kaka, was a veteran Indian politician. He served as Minister in Government of Rajasthan in Bhairon Singh ministry as Independent charge. He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for seven terms in a career spanning over six decades. He was also a popular dalit face in Shekhawati. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2003 after resigning Indian National Congress.[2] [3]
Sunder Lal was born on 22 August 1933 in Kalwa Village, Buhana tehsil of Jhunjhunu district in the State of Rajasthan. He did primary education and his family belong to agriculture background.
He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Surajgarh for the first ever time in 1972 as a member of the Indian National Congress and then he won multiple elections from this seat. He won 1972 and 1985 Assembly elections as a member of the Congress party while he won 1980 and 1993 elections as Independents. He then elected to the Assembly in 2003 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
During the formation of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Government in Rajasthan he gave support to Bharatiya Janata Party which lead to formation of coalition government of Bhairon Singh. He became State Minister in Bhairon Singh government as Independent Charge in 1998.
He won the 2008 and 2018 assembly elections consecutively as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He twice served as the president of the Rajasthan Schedule Tribe Commission in year 2007 and 2015.
On 13 September 2024, Sunder Lal died at the age of 92 in SMS Hospital, Jaipur due to prolonged respiratory illness.[4] [5] [6]