Jagatvir Singh Drona

Captain (Retd.) Pandit Jagat Vir Singh Drona (born 23 July 1939) 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 (B.J.P.), 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 (2nd term) 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 (3rd term), 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