Ramesh Kumar Vankwani (Sindhi: رميش ڪمار وانڪواڻي) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from August 2018 till August 2023. But in 2022 he left PTI to join PPP. Previously he was member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from 2002 to 2007. He was considered a strongest candidate to contest General Elections 2024 from NA-241 Karachi on the ticket of PPP. [1]However, he was not awarded the ticket and his nomination on the reserved seats in National Assembly was not liked by the ideological workers of PPP on the bases that he had been known changing political parties in the past two decades. [2]
Ramesh Kumar Vankwani | |
|---|---|
| رميش ڪمار وانڪواڻي | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| Assumed office 13 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for minorities |
| In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for minorities |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for minorities |
| Founder of Pakistan Hindu Council | |
| Assumed office 2005 | |
| Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh [PML-Q] | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| Constituency | Reserved seat for minorities |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Islamkot, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | PPP (2024-present) |
| Other political affiliations | IPP (2023-2024) PTI (2018-2023) PMLN (2013-2018) PMLQ (2002-2013) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Education and background
editVankwani possesses Bachelor's Degree of Medicine and Bachelor's Degree of Surgery.[3] He was born in Islamkot, Tharparkar in 1974, into a Sindhi Hindu family.[citation needed]
Political career
editVankwani ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as an independent candidate from Constituency PS-61 (Tharparkar-II) in the 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 34 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of National Alliance.[4] In the same election, he was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) on a reserved seat for minorities.[3] He founded Pakistan Hindu Council[5] in 2005.[6]
Vankwani was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) on a reserved seat for minorities in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[7][8]
Vankwani came to the limelight in September 2014,[9] when he along with Rehman Malik was removed from a flight from Karachi to Islamabad because of their late check-in which caused the flight to delay.[10][11]
Vankwani January 2018, he was elected as the chairman of the National Assembly's Standing Committee for Statistics.[12] In April 2018, he quit PML-N and joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[13]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for minorities in 2018 Pakistani general election.[14] He stood against his party policy in no confidence motion.
On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended his membership as a member of the National Assembly.[15] This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani emerged as strongest NA-241 candidate - PNP". Press Network of Pakistan. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Ali, Kalbe (6 January 2024). "Award of ticket to Vankwani draws ire of PPP minority leaders". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Welcome to the Website of Provincial Assembly of Sindh". www.pas.gov.pk. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "2002 Sindh Assembly election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "56 candidates vie for 15 Hindu Council seats". The Nation. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Pakistan Hindu Council loses an active member". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Women, minority seats allotted". DAWN.COM. 29 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Is the NA apathetic towards minority issues?". DAWN.COM. 22 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "PML-N's minority lawmaker Ramesh Kumar formally joins PTI". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Two Pakistani Politicians Got Kicked Off a Plane by Furious Passengers". Time. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Pakistan Rehman Malik: Passengers force ex-minister off plane". BBC News. 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Dr Ramesh Kumar elected chairman of NA Committee on Statistics". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Big blow to PML-N as MNA Dr Ramesh Kumar joins PTI". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (12 August 2018). "List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Notification dated 13 May 2024" (PDF). ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (14 May 2024). "Ruling coalition loses two-thirds majority in NA". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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