Gulab Singh Thakur (born 29 May 1948 in Jogindernagar, Mandi district) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former speaker and deputy chief minister of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India.[1]

He was elected as an MLA from Jogindernagar constituency on ticket of Bharatiya Janata Party and became PWD & revenue minister in 2007 and an MLA in 2012, of Janata Party in 1977, of Indian National Congress in 1990, 1993 and 1998 and as an Independent candidate in 1980. He was unanimously elected to the office of Speaker on 30 March 1998. He has been elected from the Joginder nagar constituency 7 times.[2][3][4][5][6]

His daughter Sheffali Thakur is married to Anurag Thakur, a union minister of sports & youth affairs and information and broadcasting elected as a Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur and son of Prem Kumar Dhumal, the former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.[7][8][9]

References

  1. ↑ BJP candidate from Joginder Nagar assembly seat in Himachal: Gulab Singh Thakur
  2. ↑ Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Archived 26 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Profile
  4. ↑ Gulab Singh Thakur under siege
  5. ↑ HP revenue minister visits Kerala,talks land reforms
  6. ↑ My Neta
  7. ↑ Seven-time MLA ready for ‘final’ poll innings from Joginder Nagar
  8. ↑ Joginder Nagar set for triangular contest
  9. ↑ "Anurag Thakur has arrived to vote for his father with his wife". Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2017.


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