Biographical Sketch 
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha







SODHI, SHRI DAYA SINGH
[BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY - AMRITSAR (PUNJAB)]



Father's Name       Shri Kartar Singh                       

Date of Birth       1 February 1925

Place of Birth      Butala, Distt. Amritsar (Punjab)                  

Marital Status      Married on 26 January 1951

Spouse's Name       Smt. Kailash Sodhi                      

Children            Two sons

Educational Qualifications  

               Matriculate

               Educated at Punjab University, Lahore (Now in Pakistan)

Profession         

                Political and Social Worker, Trader and Industrialist

Permanent Address  

               1528/12, Katra Sher Singh,              
               Amritsar (Punjab)                       

               Tels. (0183) 556104, 532253(R) 541619(O)                                      
Present Address  

Punjab Bhawan,
New Delhi - 110001

Tel. (011) 3782025

Positions Held  

1951- onwards   Member, Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.)

1967-74         Member, Municipal Committee, Amritsar (two terms)

1991-96Member, Municipal Corporation, Amritsar

1998Elected to 12th Lok Sabha

1998-99Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
and its Sub-Committee-II on Rural Areas & Employment;
and Action Taken Sub-Committee

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of 
Peroleum and Natural Gas

Favourite Pastime and Recreation  

Social service and recitation of Gurbani

Countries Visited  

Indonesia

Other Information  

Convenor, Rashtriya Sikh Sanghthan, Punjab

Election Result of
Amritsar Lok Sabha Constituency  

Total electorate 11,98,245
Total votes polled  6,50,837

Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates

(1) Shri Daya Singh Sodhi (B.J.P.) 3,61,133
(2) Shri Raghunandan Lal Bhatia (I.N.C.) 2,69,993
(3) Smt. Durga Dass (Ind.)      5,746
(4) Smt. Amarjit Kaur Gopalpura [B.S.P.(A)] 3,277
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