Kirodi Lal Meena

Indian politician

Director, Land Development Bank, Hindaun, 1986;staged a demonstration and Jail Bharo Andolan alongwith thousands of workers of Asia`s biggest cement factory; Jaipur Udyog Ltd., Sawai Madhopur and faced barbaric lathicharge by the police; got wounded seriously and suffered paralytic strokes during month-long custody;led a 15 day `Padyatra` in the ravine areas alongwith thousands of people to eradicate terror spread by notorious Dacoit Bhagwan Singh and others and succeeded in his endeavour; started a large scale labour movement against the mining-mafias of Dhaulpur Badi with the slogan`Mine to the Miner`and as a result thereof around 60,000 labourers got employment;arrested at Ayodhya for the cause of Ram Mandir; went to Tihar Jail during BJP`s `Ekta yatra and serveral times for public cause in Rajasthan and faced 56 cases, but never retreated; organised (i) many social movements to eradicate social evils like, dowry, child marriage, bigamy.`Mrityubhoj` alcohol additction, women trafficking etc;staged a three-day dharana alongwith large number of people in Churiyawas incident at Dausa, Which resulted in release of social reformers from the jails; and (ii) several movements against atrocities on women and Dalits and also for the sake of justice to the needy; and worked towards proposal of two multi-crore mega irrigation projects for a `Green Rajasthan State` namely, Indira Gandhi Lift Irrigation Project on Chambai River and Rahughat Power Project, which are currently pending for clearance. (iii) March to Jaipur `Jaipur Kooch` along with 50 thousand public of eastern Rajasthan to provide water of river Yamuna & Chambal for Distt. Dausa, Sawaimadhopur, Karauli, Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Jaipur rural etc. including Tonk area; (iv) Dharna was conducted in front of CM Residence, civil lines, Jaipur , Rajasthan for atrocities done against Dalits, Mahila & down Trodden classes in state of Rajasthan for which I was arrested & put behind the bar in Ajmer jail; (v) The tribal`s of south part (Udaipur, Dungarpur, Bansawara, Chittorghar & Sirohi) of the state of Rajasthan are passing through crucial stage, they are hungry, not getting P.D.S grain, NREGA Work etc. & about 33 persons died due to hunger & malnutrition. For this the agitation was done for several days in tribal area & big dharna at Udaipur to get Job & Roti. The state Government took several necessary steps for the welfare of tribal`s. after day long public supported movement