Veteran Gandhian Leader
1948-50: He was general secretary of Churu district Congress Committee.
1950-57: He was president of Churu District Congress Committee.
1957-66: He was minister in charge of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Co-operatives, Panchayat Raj, and Local bodies, Irrigation etc. departments in the Government of Rajasthan. He won continuous three assembly elections from Dongargarh constituency in Churu district. He won 1957 and 1962 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections as congress candidate and 1967 assembly election as an independent candidate.
1966: On 25 January 1966 he resigned from the cabinet along with Chaudhari Kumbharam Arya, Harish Chandra Jhalawar, Bhimsingh Mandawa and Kamala Beniwal due to strong ideological differences with then Chief Minister Mohanlal Sukharia and founded Rajasthan Janata Party of which he was general secretary.
1967-72: He was member of Rajasthan Assembly as an independent candidate. In 1968 he merged Rajasthan Janata Party with Bharatiy Kranti Dal formed by Choudhary Charan Singh of which he became state president.
1975: On 27 June 1975 he was arrested during Indian Emergency (1975-1977) and was imprisoned under MISA .
1977-79: He was Member of Parliament from Churu in 6th Lok Sabha from newly formed Janata Party.
1980-84: He was Member of Parliament from Churu in 7th Lok Sabha from Janata Party (S).
1989-91: He was Member of Parliament from Churu in 9th Lok Sabha from Janata Dal. He was president of Rajasthan Janata Dal parliamentary board. He was central minister in Chandra Shekhar government in charge of urban development department.
Daulatram Saran is a very knowledgeable person and a veteran politician. He happens to be a former colleague of the ex-prime minister of India Choudhary Charan Singh. He has been member of large number of committees, like Rajasthan Assembly Public Accounts Committee, Lok Sabha Public Accounts Committee, Estimates Committee, Home Committee, Government Undertakings Committee, and Works Advisory Committee etc.
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