Harish Chandra Durgapal

Harish Chandra Durgapal
Born
Dungarpur
OccupationPolitics

Harish Chandra Durgapal(Hindi: हरीश चंद्र दुर्गापाल)[1] is a popular political leader in Uttarakhand, India. He is former cabinet minister of Labour, Employment, Small Scale Industries, Khadi & Village Industries and Dairy Development[2] in the Indian National Congress Government. He was elected MLA from Lalkuan, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India in the 2012 Assembly election as an independent candidate. He lost in 2017 Assembly election as Congress candidate to BJP's Naveen Chandra Dumka by a margin of 27,108 votes.

Education

Durgapal was educated at U.P. Board Allahabad.

Political career

He won the 2012 Assembly election as an independent candidate from Lalkuan constituency. Before this win, he unsuccessfully contested as candidate for the Indian National Congress from Dhari (Nainital) constituency in the 2007 election losing to Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Govind Singh Bisht.

While addressing a convention in Haridwar in 2012, Durgapal said that industrialization was important for job creation.[3] He is also working for Infrastructure at Khadi board[4] in state.

References

  1. ^ "HC Durgapal". Personal and Asset Detail.
  2. ^ "HC Durgapal". Minister in Uttarakhand Cabinate. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
  3. ^ "One lakh jobs to be created via industrialisation, says H.C.Durgapal". TribuneIndia.
  4. ^ "Infrastructure at Khadi board offices to be improved". TribuneIndia.
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