A MP on a Bicycle

Indian Parliament, as we know it, is a place where you get paid for shouting regularly, being absent for any length of time and doing very little work, of course. MPs are a spoiled breed who are getting richer and absent-minded day by day. If you have to seen any motivation from public figures, the last thing you should do is to look up to them. Is everything doomed for bad? Well, some hope still remains.

Next time you visit the Parliament, take a look at the parking area allotted to MPs. Year-on-year increase in the variety, cost and number of high-end luxury vehicles can be clearly observed. Yet, one MP comes to the Parliament on a bicycle. To shoo away the non-believers, he has put up a label on both the bicycle and its parking slot. Let us read further about him.

The bicycle and a board displaying the name of Arjun Ram Meghwalin Hindi

Arjun Ram Meghwal is a 62-year old BJP MP from Bikaner, Rajasthan. He was a weaver, became an IAS and then 2009 saw him enter the Parliament. “I was born in a traditional weaver family of Kismidesar village (Bikaner), where any student of my age hardly goes to school. During my school and college days I used to weave to support my family and my education,” says Meghwal. He got married when he was in Class 7. After marriage, he continued his studies and graduated in Arts (BA) & Law (LLB) from Sri Dungar College, Bikaner (Rajasthan). What’s more he managed to do his postgraduation from the same college.

All the makings of another rags-to-riches story, but not just any other such story. He is humble, down-to-earth, accessible to all and sundry in his constituency and an unfailing eagerness to work for the people. On winning the Lok Sabha election, he said, "I consider this a new beginning and I still have miles to go in the service of people".

To read more about this astute politician, who once was District Collector, Churu, Rajasthan, visit Official MP Bio Data.