Vijay Bahuguna (born 28 February 1947) is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the eldest son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, an independence activist and politician, and also a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Vijay Bahuguna was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India. He represented the Tehri Garhwal constituency of Uttarakhand and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.Tehri Garhwal CNN IBN.
Bahuguna was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 13 March 2012. Bahuguna resigned from his CM post on 31 January 2014.
His youngest son Saurabh Bahuguna has taken forward his legacy and has won from Sitarganj ( Udham Singh Nagar), Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Saurabh Bahuguna from BJP won with 50597 votes.
Family and background Vijay Bahuguna was born at Allahabad in a Brahmin family. His father was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh & freedom fighter. H. N. Bahuguna, who had also participated in Non-Cooperation Movement. Vijay Bahuguna has a sister Rita Bahuguna who is also a politician. Rita was a former Congress leader and former president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee. She joined the BJP on 20 October 2016 and was a cabinet minister in Uttar Pradesh government. His son Saurabh Bahuguna is currently serving as a cabinate minister in Uttarakhand government.
Education and early career Vijay Bahuguna did his Bachelor of Arts and then LLB from the University of Allahabad in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. He then started working as an advocate in the Allahabad High Court in Allahabad. He later became a judge of the Allahabad High Court, later transferring to become a judge of the Bombay High Court.
Posts held
# From To Position 01 2002 2007 Vice-chairman, Planning Commission, Uttarakhand 02 2007 2009 Member, 14th Lok Sabha 03 2007 2009 Member, Standing Committee on Defence 04 2008 2009 Member, Committee on Public Accounts 05 2009 2012 Member 15th Lok Sabha 06 2009 2012 Member, Committee on Health and Family Welfare 07 2009 2012 Member, Committee on Ethics 08 2009 2012 Member, Committee on Offices of Profit 09 2009 2012 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power 10 2012 2014 Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Resignation
Vijay Bahuguna had submitted his resignation as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 31 January 2014. His government had received widespread criticism for handling rescue operations in the wake of floods in June, 2013. Harish Rawat was sworn as Chief Minister on 1 February 2014 in presence of Governor of Uttarakhand, Aziz Qureshi.
Other associations Member, Executive Council, Garhwal University, Uttarakhand President, Ranjit Pandit Shiksha Samiti; running educational colleges, Allahabad Vice-president, Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress since 1999 Member, All India Congress Committee since 1997 Ex Judge Allahabad High Court & Bombay High Court
Elections contested Lok Sabha YearConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentageRef1998 Garhwal 12.64% B. C. Khanduri BJP55.44% 1999 Tehri Garhwal 39.75% Manabendra Shah BJP43.01% 2004 Tehri Garhwal 44.52% Manabendra Shah BJP47.63% 2007 (By Elect) Tehri Garhwal 40.61% Manujendra Shah BJP 38.18% 2009 Tehri Garhwal 45.04% Jaspal Rana BJP35.98%
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly YearConstituencyResultVote percentageOpposition CandidateOpposition PartyOpposition vote percentageRef2012 (By Elect) Sitarganj 77.14% Prakash Pant BJP 19.82%
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