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'''Selja Kumari''' (born 24 September 1962) is a member of the [[15th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) political party. She was the cabinet minister at the [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]] in the [[United Progressive Alliance]] Government during the [[15th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the Ministers - Cabinet Minister|url=http://socialjustice.nic.in/cabinetminister.php}}</ref> She resigned in January 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=President accepts resignation of Kumari Selja from the Council of Ministers|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=102825|accessdate=29 January 2014|newspaper=Press Bureau of India}}</ref>

 

Selja Kumari was born in [[Chandigarh]] to the [[Dalit]] leader Chaudhary Dalbir Singh. She studied at the [[Convent of Jesus and Mary (Delhi)|Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi]] and did her M.A. and M.Phil. from [[Panjab University, Chandigarh|Panjab University]]. <ref name=gov>[http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3589 Detailed Profile: Kumari Selja] Govt. of Indian portal.</ref>

 

She began her political career in the [[Mahila Congress]] becoming its President in 1990. One of the senior most dalit leaders within the Congress party, she was elected to the [[10th Lok Sabha]] in 1991 from [[Sirsa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sirsa]] in Haryana. She was Union Minister of State for Education and Culture in the [[Narasimha Rao]]-led Congress government. Despite the Congress debacle in [[Haryana]] in 1996, she was re-elected to the [[11th Lok Sabha]].

[[File:Kumari Selja Presenting Certificate of Commendation.jpg|thumb|Kumari Selja Presenting Certificate of Commendation to Dr. G. Dewan on First Chandigarh Crafts Mela]]

The petitioner, advocate B S Chahar, has alleged that Selja, who was “instrumental in instigating leaders and members of the [[Balmiki]] community against [[Jat]] leaders in [[Mirchpur]] case”, tried to save herself from a litigation by pressurising the undertrials and forcing them to sign “blank and non judicial papers”.<ref>{{cite news|title=HC notice to Kumari Selja for ‘threatening’ Mirchpur accused|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/hc-notice-to-kumari-selja-for-threatening/760712/|accessdate=22 April 2012|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=11 March 2011}}</ref>

 

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* [http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=3589 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

 

 

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