Hansraj Ahir

Hansraj Ahir Popularly Known Hansraj Bhaiya is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He is currently Minister of State Ministry of Home Affairs He was member of 11th Lok Sabha, 14th Lok Sabha, 15th Lok Sabha. He is famous for exposing Coal Mining Scam He is credited with unearthing the coal scam which exposed the deep rooted nexus of public functionaries with the coal mining mafias in allocation of precious natural resources.

His campaign for transparency in allocation of coal blocks also led the Supreme Court to ultimately cancelling licenses of several coal blocks. He also fought for enhanced and adequate compensation for the land to the famers, whose lands were acquired for coal mining. Entirely due to his persistent fight for farmer’s compensation, the rates of Rs 20,000/acre and Rs 1 lakh/acre were revised to Rs 6 lakhs/acre for barren land, Rs 8 lakhs/acre for un-irrigated land, and Rs 10 lakhs/acre for irrigated land. Besides this, he also took up the issue of employment for the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) as per their education.

He believes that PAPs are equal partners in underlying minerals of the land which are acquired for the projects.specially pouni-3 in wcl. Ahir frequently requested details of coal mining to Prime Minister of India office but he didn't succeed Finally he (along with Prakash Javadekar) requested Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) for an inquiry. Based on this, CVC ordered a CBI inquiry. He has been honoured with Sansad Ratna Award in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

He represents the Chandrapur constituency of Maharashtra 4th time from Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). He has been re-elected from the Chandrapur Lok Sabha Constituency as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, the results of which were declared on 16 May 2009. In the 14th Lok Sabha, then Speaker Somnath Chatterjee had hailed Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, member of BJP from Chandrapur in Maharashtra as Role-Model for MP's Prime Point Foundation(PPF) has rated him as the “best parliamentarian for introduction of 24 private bills out of a total of 288 bills that were introduced in the 15th Lok Sabha. He has also been widely appreciated by former President APJ Abdul Kalam and other dignitaries.

He has also been a member of many Standing Committees and Parliamentary Committees, such as; Committee on Coal and Steel, Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Privileges, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf and Railway Convention Committee. He was member of Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA), a government agency to provide low cost housing to the people. He has a keen scientific temper and believes that science & technology should be utilized for the welfare of the people. He has also been instrumental in opening of a satellite center, jointly run by ICAR and ICMR, in Chandrapur for guidance, counseling and treatment of Sickle Cell patients. His scientific temper and love for Indian culture led him to open the museum of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Chandrapur so that historical relics from nearby districts could be collected and preserved in the museum.

He also actively pursued for preparation of Master Plan for Chandrapur district for controlling the pollution. Hansraj Ji love Sports Kabaddi, football, wrestling and volleyball are his favorite Sports Hansraj Ji Favourite Pastimes and Recreation Watching movies and enjoying songs Countries Visited as Delegate Member With Hon.President of India visited countries Sweden, Belarus and Minsk Mauritius,South Africa and U.A.E as Members of Parliament