Chaudhary Birendra Singh (Cabinet minister):
Jat community leader Birender Singh, who has been termed as a political "tragedy king" for failing to make it to be Haryana's chief minister or a union minister, has finally made it to the union cabinet. He quit the Congress, with which he was actively involved for 42 years, to join the BJP August this year. He is the third union minister from Haryana in the Modi government.
The jat stalwart from Haryana, who was denied his due place by Congress in deference to Bhupinder Singh Hooda, took his revenge, by leaving Congress and joined BJP before the elections.
Birendra Singh is the grandson of the legendary Jat leader Sir Chhotu Ram.
Birendra Singh, age 64, was associated with the Congress for over 42 years. He won five times to the Haryana assembly from Uchana constituency. He became minister in Haryana three times.
He was also elected to Parliament twice. He defeated Om Prakash Chautala from Hisar by a huge margin in 1984, the year in which Rajiv Gandhi's Congress won 400 seats in Lok Sabha.
He was elected Rajya Sabha member from Haryana in 2010, but he resigned his seat in August this year, after ending his 42-year-long association with Congress. His wife Premlata won on BJP ticket in Haryana polls defeating Dushyant Chautala from Uncha Kalan seat.
