| Ajay Maken | |
|---|---|
| Shri Ajay Maken | |
| MP | |
| Constituency | New Delhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 January 1964 Delhi |
| Political party | INC |
| Spouse(s) | Radhika Maken |
| Children | 1 son and 2 daughters |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| As of September 16, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Ajay Makan (born 12 January 1964) is the current Sports minister[1] and member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the New Delhi constituency of Delhi and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
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Ajay Maken, was elected the President[2] of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) in 1985, having the rare honor of being the only B.Sc Chemistry(Hons)- Final Year student to serve this post.[3]
His grandfather, Shri. O.P. Maken, was a freedom fighter and his uncle Mr. Lalit Maken was a popular trade union leader. Ajay Maken was subsequently was elected as the President of Delhi Transport Corporation Trade Union.
===Positions Held===[4]
1/1/1993 Member, Delhi Legislative Assembly (three terms)
1/2/1993 General Secretary, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee
1/1/1997 General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress
1/1/1999 Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister, Govt. of Delhi
1/1/2001 Cabinet Minister, Transport, Power and Tourism, Govt. of Delhi
1/1/2003 Speaker, Delhi Legislative Assembly
1/1/2004 Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
1/2/2004 Member, General Purposes Committee
1/3/2004 Member, Rules Committee
1/4/2004 Member, Committee on Information Technology
1/5/2004 Member, House Committee
1/6/2004 Member, Panel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha
1/7/2004 Secretary, All India Congress Committee (AICC)
1/1/2006 Union Minister of State, Urban Development
1/1/2007 Permanent Invitee and Member, Congress Working Committee (CWC)
1/2/2007 Permanent Invitee and Member, All India Congress Committee (AICC)
1/3/2007 Incharge, Orissa and Jharkhand
1/1/2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1/2/2009 Union Minister of State, Home Affairs
1/1/2011 Union Minister of State, (Independent Charge) Youth Affairs and Sports
Mr. Ajay Maken has been elected a Member of Legislative Assembly[5] from the Delhi constituency, for three consecutive terms. One of the 14 wins (of 70 candidates fielded) by the Congress(I).
1993. Won by a margin of 4,000 votes. (More than 50% of total votes polled.). One of the 14 winning candidates (of the 70 fielded) by the Congress(I).
1998. Won by a margin of 20,000 votes (70% of the total votes polled.) The Congress(I) took charge of the Delhi Legislature. Mr. Maken received his first appointment in the Delhi administration.
2003. Won by a margin of 24,000 votes. Appointed the Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Delhi, at age 39. (India's youngest Speaker in a State Assembly).
1999. He became the Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister. Shri. Sheila Dikshit, chief minister appoint him as her principal troubleshooter and consul.
2001. Appointed Transport, Power and Tourism Minister. He implemented the CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) based Public Transport System in Delhi. He is credited with the privatization of the electricity distribution in Delhi.
In 2004 he was appointed the Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Delhi, at age 39. (India's youngest Speaker in a State Assembly).
2004. Mr. Maken represents the Congress(I) in the elections for the New Delhi constituency. Becomes a Member of Parliament[6] after defeating the BJP candidate, a sitting Cabinet Minister Jagmohan from the prestigious New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. Long a BJP stronghold, the constituency had elected BJP stalwarts, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K.Advani.
2006-2009. Held the independent portfolios as the Minister of State and the Minister of Urban Development. Therefore, the youngest minister in the Congress(I), to be sworn in the Council of Ministers in Indian Government. Played a key role in finalising the Master Plan for New Delhi.
2007. Appointed a permanent invitee to the Working Committee of AICC. He was entrusted with the responsibility of the states, Orissa and Jharkhand.
In the General Elections for the 15th Lok Sabha (Parliament), Ajay Maken contested and secured 455,867 votes. Winning by a record margin of 187,809 votes from the New Delhi Parliamentary constituency.
2009. Appointed the Minister of State for Home Affairs. Entrusted with countering left wing extremism, raising of additional police battalions, and establishment of a national human rights division.
2011. Appointed the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs[7] after the debacle Commonwealth Games, replacing Mr. M S Gill in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
The Sports bill has been introduced by the Sports Minister with the aim to bring in overall transparency and Administrative reforms in sports. Few aspects of the bill which deal with the Tenure, age and other aspects of related for National Sports bodies have eclipsed the other very significant aspects of the bill. The bill covers important aspects which would overall improve and encourage the sportspersons and make the sports bodies more accountable and transparent, such as to have penal provisions for unethical practises in sports which cover sexual harassment, doping, age fraud.
Measures like asking the federations to mandatorily place various reports, including their audited accounts, in public domain through their web-sites are designed to ensure that accountability.
The bill has picked up accepted norms being followed by other countries, national international federations. The US introduced the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act in 1978,[8][9] France has the Associations Law of 1 July 1901, even Sri Lanka has Sri Lanka Sports Law of 1973 (amended in 1993, 1998 and 2005).
But there is an even bigger issue which has been overlooked in the whole debate.It would be interesting to see if the federations and sports bodies come under the RTI ACT.[10]Now, this draft Bill was actually an enabling provision which would have made National Sports Federations more autonomous without any interference by the government in their functioning.[11]
Ajay Maken is married to Radhika and has three children, Aarushi, Ahana and Aujaswi.
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