Kirodi Lal Meena (born 3 November 1951) is an Indian politician. He has been a member of the 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, 9th and 15th Lok Sabha member, and at present he is a member of Rajya Sabha. He has been in Bharatiya Janata Party since beginning, however, he briefly left it in 2008 but rejoined it in 2018. He has served as a cabinet minister and held the portfolio of food and civil supplies. He was the only Independent Loksabha MP elected from Rajasthan in 2009 Loksabha elections. He belongs to the Meena community. Personal life Meena was born in a farmer family in 1951 in Khohra Mullah teh-mahwa dist-Dausa Rajasthan. He did his schooling at a government school and M.B.B.S. completed in S.P. Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Arrest On 24 December 2017, Meena was arrested along with some of his supporters for attempting to enter a private temple in Sankhwali against the wishes of the community members. Political career -84 District President, BJP, Sawai Madhopur 1985-86 State Secretary, Rajasthan, BJP 1985-89,1993–98, 199 Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (four terms) 1985-89 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1986-88 State President, Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Rajsthan 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha Sawai Madhopur lok sabha 1989-91 Member, Advisory Committee on Food and Civil Supply 1990 onwards Member, Indian Parliamentary Group 1990-91 Member, Joint Committee of Lok Sabha on Office of Profit 1993-97 State President, ST Front, BJP 1995-98 District Pramukh, District Council Dausa, Rajasthan 1998-99 State Vice-president, Rajasthan, BJP 1998-2000 National Vice-president, ST Front, BJP Member, National Council, BJP (four times) State Executive Committee, BJP (four times) Member, Wildlife Advisory Board, Rajasthan 1998-2003 Member, Estimate Committee (A) 2003-2008 Cabinet Minister for Food & Supply, Govt. of Rajasthan 2007 - 2008 Chairman, Estimate Committee (B) in Rajasthan State Assembly 2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term) Dausa lok sabha 16 Sep. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee on Water Resources Ministry 31 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Member of Rajasthan legislative assembly 2013-2017 Member of Rajya Sabha since 2018 Positions held Other positions held References External links People from Sawai Madhopur district India MPs 2009–2014 1951 births Living people Candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Rajasthan MLAs 2013–2018 National People's Party (India) politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan State cabinet ministers