Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria
Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria, the CPI (M) candidate from Sirsa (Reserved) constituency, comes from an agricultural laborer family. He is 45-years of age and has been able to study till class 12. He is a member of party state secretariat and president of Haryana unit of the All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (AIAWU). He has been leading several struggles on local issues like proper implementation of MNREGA and the public distribution system, allocation of BPL cards, timely provision of power and water, etc. Due to the struggles of the AIAWU, many bonded labourer families were freed from bondage and rehabilitated. Com. Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria contested this seat in 2009 getting a very respectable 20,000 votes.
Sirsa (SC)-Key Issues
Sirsa is a reserved constituency for scheduled castes. Its 9 assembly segments are spread over three districts: five in Sirsa, three in Fatehabad and one in Jind districts. The total electorate of the parliamentary constituency is about 16.38 lakh, of which 8.75 lakh are male and 7.63 are female. The seat is currently held by the Congress. It has fairly developed agriculture due to the Green Revolution. The population of scheduled castes is over 25 percent. There are very acute disparities between rich farmers and landless agricultural labourers. Some of the key issues in the area are proper implementation of MNREGA and public distribution system, land issues for residence and agriculture and violence against women. Caste oppression is pervasive and hence social justice is a prominent issue.
Sirsa is a reserved constituency for scheduled castes. Its 9 assembly segments are spread over three districts: five in Sirsa, three in Fatehabad and one in Jind districts. The total electorate of the parliamentary constituency is about 16.38 lakh, of which 8.75 lakh are male and 7.63 are female. The seat is currently held by the Congress. It has fairly developed agriculture due to the Green Revolution. The population of scheduled castes is over 25 percent. There are very acute disparities between rich farmers and landless agricultural labourers. Some of the key issues in the area are proper implementation of MNREGA and public distribution system, land issues for residence and agriculture and violence against women. Caste oppression is pervasive and hence social justice is a prominent issue.