S. S. Ahluwalia

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Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Mamtaz Sanghamita
Succeeded by	Kirti Azad
Constituency	Bardhaman–Durgapur
In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Jaswant Singh
Succeeded by	Raju Bista
Constituency	Darjeeling
Minister of State, Government of India
In office 16 May 2018 – 24 May 2019
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Ravi Shankar Prasad
MoS of	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Succeeded by	Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
In office 3 September 2017 – 16 May 2018
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
MoS of	Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
In office 5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Radha Mohan Singh
MoS of	Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare[1]
In office 5 July 2016 – 3 September 2017
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Minister	Ananth Kumar
MoS of	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs[1]
Succeeded by	Vijay Goel
In office 1995–1996
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
MoS of	Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment (Department of Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation)
In office 1995–1996
Prime Minister	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Minister	Vidya Charan Shukla
MoS of	Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Deputy Leader of the Opposition , Rajya Sabha
In office 2 June 2010 – May 2012
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Leader	Arun Jaitley
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2012
Constituency	Jharkhand
In office 7 July 1986 – 7 July 1998
Constituency	Bihar
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-04) 4 July 1951 (age 72) Asansol, West Bengal, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Monica Ahluwalia ​ (m. 1972)​
Children	5
Residence(s)	Patna and Darjeeling[2]
Alma mater	Burdwan University University of Calcutta[3]
Profession	Political Social Worker
Signature
Website	SS AHLUWALIA
As of 22 May, 2014 Source: [[1]]

Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia (born 4 July 1951) is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and a senior Member of Parliament in his 32nd year as a Parliamentarian.

A former Union Minister of State in the Government of India, he is the member of Parliament of India representing Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal in the 17th Lok Sabha (2019-2024). He represented Darjeeling , West Bengal in the 16th Lok Sabha, having been elected as its MP in the 2014 General Elections. Prior to entering the Lok Sabha in 2014, he was a Member of Parliament representing Bihar and Jharkhand in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament over several terms, 1986–1992, 1992–1998 (as a member of Congress), and with BJP in 2000–2006, and 2006–2012.

During his term in the Rajya Sabha, he was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha till 2012, and Chief Whip prior to that. After being elected into Lok Sabha in 2014, he has held various portfolios as Minister of State from 2016 to GE 2019.