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Former Congress MP Naveen Jindal. (File picture through X/@MPNaveenJindal)
As a member of the Congress celebration, Naveen represented the Kurukshetra constituency within the Lok Sabha for 2 phrases from 2004 to 2014
Former Congress MP Naveen Jindal, the youngest son of industrialist Om Prakash Jindal, introduced his resignation from the celebration and joined the BJP forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
He formally joined the BJP on the celebration headquarters in New Delhi, within the presence of its basic secretary, Vinod Tawde. Tawde acknowledged that Jindal’s affiliation with the BJP would advance the federal government’s agenda of enhancing the nation’s financial system and prosperity.
Naveen, who serves because the Chairman of Jindal Metal and Energy Restricted and Chancellor of OP Jindal International College, made his resignation announcement three days after assuming the function of president of the Indian Metal Affiliation (ISA), the apex physique for metal producers.
Naveen was unanimously elected because the president of the ISA by its apex committee, the governing physique of the affiliation. He succeeds Dilip Oommen, who serves because the CEO of ArcelorMittal Nippon Metal India.
Political Profession and Background
Naveen jindal’s political journey started in 2004, marked by his involvement in scholar actions and subsequent management because the president of the scholar union on the College of Texas. After finishing his post-graduation within the US, Naveen returned to India to help his father, OP Jindal, in political issues, who was a famend metal visionary and former Member of Parliament and Minister for Energy within the Haryana authorities.
As a member of the Congress celebration, Naveen represented the Kurukshetra constituency within the Lok Sabha for 2 phrases from 2004 to 2014. Nevertheless, he misplaced to the Bharatiya Janata Celebration’s Raj Kumar Saini within the 2014 basic elections and was not fielded by the Congress in 2019.
He additionally holds nationwide data in skeet capturing and is an completed Polo participant. He was a part of the Haryana capturing group that gained the Gold medal on the 54th Nationwide capturing Championship competitors (Massive Bore) within the civilian class held at Gurgaon in Could 2011.
Controversies
Naveen has additionally been concerned in controversies, together with allegations of involvement within the 2012 Colgate rip-off and undue preferences in mining allocations to his firms.
Moreover, the previous Congress chief is accused in three instances associated to alleged irregularities within the allocation of coal blocks. One case entails irregularities within the allocation of the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand, which is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). One other case is a cash laundering investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding the allocation of the coal block. The third case being investigated by the CBI considerations alleged irregularities within the allocation of the Urtan North coal block in Madhya Pradesh.
Naveen’s transfer to the BJP follows a development of high-profile Congress leaders defecting to the saffron celebration in latest weeks forward of the Lok Sabha and Meeting elections. This consists of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, senior politician Suresh Pachouri, celebration nationwide secretary Ajay Kapoor, and others like Milind Deora and Baba Siddique. Moreover, the INDIA bloc has misplaced a number of key members to the BJP.
(With inputs from companies)
