Sahib Singh Verma

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Sahib Singh Verma (b.March 15, 1943, Mundka Village, Outer Delhi, d.June 30, 2007) was an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Chief Minister of Delhi (1996-1998) and as member of parliament (1999-2004)cite web
url = http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13DL03.htm
title = Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 13th Lok Sabha] . He was a senior vice-president in the BJP [cite web
url = http://www.bjp.org/today/offmem.html
title = List of Office Bearers
accessdate = 2007-07-01
publisher = BJP] .

He died on June 30, 2007, when his car collided with a truck on the Alwar-Delhi highway.

Life

Verma was born on March 15, 1943 in Mundka village, Delhi, to Mir Singh, a Jat farmer, and Bharpai Devi.

He began his socio-political journey as a volunteer in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and later climbed the ranks in politics.

He has a Ph.D. degree in Library Science, and started work as librarian in Bhagat Singh College, Delhi [cite news
title = Former Delhi CM Sahib Singh Verma dies in road accident
author =
publisher = Deccan Herald
url = http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun302007/national2007063010305.asp?section=updatenews
date = June 30, 2007
accessdate = 2007-07-04] . He also holds a master's degree in Arts, and also in Library Science from Aligarh Muslim University.

Married in 1954 to Sahib Kaur, he has two sons and three daughters.

Political career

He was first elected to the Municipal Council of Delhi on a Janata Party ticket in 1977, and was later re-elected on a BJP ticket. He became the Education and Development Minister in the Delhi government in 1993. In 1996, after Madan Lal Khurana was embroiled in a corruption crisis, Sahib Singhbecame the Chief Minister of Delhi [The Hindu, [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/02/12/stories/2004021207250400.htm] ] despite Khurana being acquitted by the courts. Singh served as CM for two and a half years, facing increasing rivalry from Khuranacite news
title = Sahib Singh Verma dies in road accident
publisher = Zee News
url = http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=379962&archisec=NAT&archisubsec=
date = June 30, 2007
accessdate = 2007-07-04] . Following an onion price crisis, he was replaced by Sushma Swaraj.

Subsequently, he won the Lok Sabha elections, 1999 from Outer Delhiwith a margin of over two lakh votes [ cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99oct10/edit.htm|title=Editorial|publisher=Tribune India|date=October 10, 1999|first=Harihar|last=Swarup
title=Long-standing rivals now compete for Cabinet berths] . In 2002, he became Minister of Labour in the Vajpayee government, and wasknown as "bull in a China shop" for standing up against the bureaucrats against lowering the Provident Fund interest ratecite news
title = Sahib Singh Verma dies in road accident
publisher = Zee News
url = http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=379962&archisec=NAT&archisubsec=
date = June 30, 2007
accessdate = 2007-07-04] .However, he was defeated in the 2004 polls.

Verma was respected among the teacher community of Delhi. He was the owner of a national Hindi daily newspaper called Haribhumi.

He died in a road accident in Rajasthan. Verma was returning to Delhi after laying a foundation stone for a school in Neem Ka Thana in Sikar district.

References

http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun302007/national2007063010305.asp?section=updatenews

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