Sushil Kumar Shinde Bio

Sushilkumar Shinde (Maharashtra INC Lok Sabha Solapur) B.A. (Hons.), LL.B. Educated at Dayanand College, Solapur and Shivaji University Kolhapur (Maharashtra) Profession: Agriculturist, Lawyer, Political and Social Worker. Positions Held: 1974-92 - Member, Congress Working Committee, Member, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (five terms), Cabinet Minister, held important portfolios—Finance, Planning, Industry: Development, Youth and Social Welfare, Sports, Transport, Health and Labour. 1990-91- President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Maharashtra 1992-96 - General-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C. (I)] 1992-98 - Member, Rajya Sabha Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Committee on Rules, Member, Committee on Defence, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1996-97 - President, P.C.C., Maharashtra 1998 - Elected to 12th Lok Sabha, February 1999 onwards - General-Secretary, A.I.C.C. 1998-99 - Member, Committee on External Affairs, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence 1999 - Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term), Member, Committee on External Affairs 2000 onwards - Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information Technology. Served as Sub-Inspector of Police C.I.D. (Intelligence), Mumbai for Six years; though belongs to Reserved Category, Contested and won from General seat during 12th and 13th Lok Sabha Elections with a margin of over one lakh four thousand and seventy seven thousand votes, respectively.