Gopal Goyal Kanda

Gopal Kanda

MLA
In office 12th Haryana Legislative Assembly 2009-2014
Preceded by	Randeep Singh Surjewala
Constituency	Sirsa, Haryana
Personal details
Born	(1965年12月29日) 29 December 1965 (age 59) Sirsa, Haryana
Political party	Independent ^[1]
Other political affiliations	Independent and Indian National Congress (support)
Spouse	Saraswati Devi.^[1]
Children	1 son & 2 daughters.^[1]
Residence(s)	Sirsa, Haryana.^[1]
Profession	Politician & Businessmen
Committees	Committee on Agriculture (Member).
Portfolio	Ex Minister of State for Urban Local Bodies and Home (attached with CM), Ex Minister of State for Industries & Commerce (attached with PWM)

Gopal Goyal Kanda is the Supremo of Haryana Lok Hit Party and he is also a member of the 12th Haryana Legislative Assembly of India. He was elected as an Independent representative for the Sirsa constituency in Haryana.^[1]

Background

Gopal Goyal Kanda was born on 29 December 1965 in Sirsa, Haryana, India.^[1] His father, Murli Dhar Kanda, is a lawyer in Sirsa.^[2] His ancestors were market traders and his surname, Kanda, refers to the iron weights used by such people.^[3] He lived with his family in a two-room apartment above their shop. A school drop-out, according to The Times of India he has been "Electrician, shoe shop owner, real estate broker, industrialist, car dealer, Tara Baba devotee, airline owner and politician".^[4] He uses his surname "Kanda" for political and religious purposes, while for business purposes and on official papers his name is Gopal Kumar Goyal.^[5]

In 1997, Kanda moved to Gurgaon where he went into the real estate business.^[4] He later became a party worker for the INLD party and an aide to Om Prakash Chautala who became Chief Minister of Haryana in 1998 after the INLD won the elections.

INLD lost the 2005 general elections in Haryana^{[citation needed ]} and Kanda started building relationships with Indian National Congress (INC) party leaders.

In the 2009 election in Sirsa he defeated INLD's candidate Padam Jain by a margin of 6521 votes. He supported the INC led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the formation of government in Haryana. The INC had 40 legislators and to form the government it needed at least another six. Kanda was among a group of independents who decided to support Bhupinder Hooda as chief minister.^[6] He was rewarded with a cabinet post and made Minister of State for Home in Haryana. He was facing court trial in ten cases at time when he was made the minister.^[6]^[7]

Haryana LokHit Party

Ex.Haryana minister and independent MLA from Sirsa city, Gopal Goyal Kanda, launched a political party Named Haryana Lokhit Party, Kanda termed it an alternative to existing political system, and assured that his party would work to end "dynasty rule, casteism and regionalism in politics" and work for the development of state. 46-year-old Kanda, who is also the president of the party, said Haryana was deprived of development even after five decades of formation and despite its proximity to the national capital. According to him "The state is lagging behind in the field of education, healthcare and trade," Kanda said "dynastic politics of few parties has become biggest hurdle in Haryana's development" and asserted that his party would provide people a clean alternative which would be free from caste politics. "The people of Haryana are looking for a viable alternative. The state's politics has been under the control of two or three political families. We want to change this," he said. HLP is headquartered in Gurgaon in the same building as his MDLR airlines, whose operations had been suspended earlier.