Jagatvir Singh Drona

Captain Pandit Jagat Vir Singh Drona is the former mayor of Kanpur and a former member of the 10th,11th and 12th Lok Sabha.
He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served in the Indian army before joining politics in 1990.

Positions held

1990–1992 President, Bharatiya Janata Party, District. Kanpur
1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha
1991–1996 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel
1993 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha onwards
1993–1995 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1993–1996 Member, Rules Committee
1994–1996 Member, Committee on Defence, Member, Committee on Steel
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1996–1997 Member, Committee on Estimates; Member, Committee on Home Affairs; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
1997 Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee, Wakf Board
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha, Secretary, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party
1998–1999 Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism Member, Joint Committee on the Empowerment of Women and its Sub-Committee on Appraisal of Laws relating to Women - Criminal Laws Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
2012–2017 Hon'ble Mayor of Kanpur