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 Biography
: Ishwardas Rohani :
Sindhi Speaker of M. P. Vidhan Sabha
Madhya Pradesh is among the few states of free India,
where the globally scattered Sindhi community have a
considering population. Bhopal [Bairagarh], Indore,
Katani, Jabalpur, Satna, Burhanpur and Khandwa are the
few cities where sindhi population is dense in compare
to other cities of the state.
Beside the world famous Bhedaghat waterfalls, credit
also goes to Jabalpur for producing rare Sindhi
political leader in free India. Ishwardas Rohani,
commerce and law graduate can be said as the first
generation of Sindhi leadership in the country. He is
among the famous faces in the field Printing business of
the area and have a very keen interest in social
service.
Political career of Karachi Sindh born [Birth date
30
January 1946] Ishwardas Rohani was started in the year
1965 when he joined Bhartiya Janasangh his wisdom, will
to work for society and political understanding made him
block leader of party in no time.
In the 1973 he was elected for Jabalpur city
administration, in fact this was the first democratic
election he participated and won. During the times of
emergency in 70's he was the first who raised the
protesting voice on 14 November 1975 from the state and
Jabalpur subsequently he was send to prison and was
forced to spend about 19 months there.
After the emergency he kept on working with Bhartiya
Janta Party [BJP] in various capacities such as District
secretary, District President and State Political In
charge.
In the 1993 he become Member of state Legislative
Council [MLA] for the first time and was the party's
conniver in the state assembly.
His political wisdom and
timely raised question brought popularity for him in the
"Vidhan Sabha" even his political opposition, congress
party members were highly impressed with him and as a
result when in 1998 he was elected from Jabalpur for
second time.
He was also elected for the post of Deputy Speaker of
House in Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. He holds this post
from 11 February 1999 to 5 December 2003. In the 2003
state assembly elections he completed his wining hat
trick from Jabalpur, and also was elected in the
election held for post of "Speaker of House". He is
working on this post since 16 December 2003. |