Background
Selja Kumari was born in Chandigarh to the Dalit leader Chaudhary Dalbir Singh.
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Selja Kumari
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She studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, New Delhi and did her Master of Arts and Master of Philisophy from Panjab University.
Career
She was the cabinet minister at the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in the United Progressive Alliance Government during the 15th Lok Sabha. She resigned in January 2014. 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.
In 2004, she was elected to the Lok Sabha representing the Ambala constituency of Haryana. She was Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in the Manmohan Singh-led Universal Postal Union government.On 16 May 2009, she was once again re-elected from the same constituency, making this her second consecutive victory from Ambala and was given an elevation to Cabinet rank holding portfolios of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Culture.
In March 2011, Union Tourism Minister Kumari Selja has been issued notices by the Punjab and Haryana High Court over a petition that has accused her of "forgery, criminal intimidation, fabrication and hatching a criminal conspiracy".
Politics
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 in Haryana.
Membership
The petitioner, advocate B South 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".
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Indian National Congress