Chitra Sarwara

Chitra Sarwara (Hindi: चित्रा सरवारा)[3] is a second generation politician. She is affiliated to Indian National Congress. She is presently holding the post of National General Secretary and Social Media Incharge of All India Mahila Congress.[4] She has also served as Senior Vice President, Spokesperson and Coordinator for Observers and Co-observers of Haryana Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee.[5]

Chitra Sarwara
Born (1975-03-18) 18 March 1975
Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India
OccupationPolitician, Social Activist, Designer
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2005)​
.[1]
Children2
Parent(s)Nirmal Singh[2]
Naib Kaur
RelativesUdayVir Singh(Brother)
Chetak Singh(Brother)
Noor Sarwara(Sister)
Chitrangda Singh
(sister-in-law)
Websitewww.chitrasarwara.com

She was elected as a Corporator of Ambala Municipal Corporation, Haryana, on 13 June 2013.

Personal life

Her grandfather Hazara Singh Sarwara was an English and Urdu teacher and grandmother Chinto Devi, a homemaker.

Parents

Chitra Sarwara was born on 18 March 1975 at Ambala Cantt, Haryana, to Nirmal Singh[2][6] and Naib Kaur. Her father is a member of Indian National Congress and a four times elected representative of Naggal Constituency, Haryana. He has held the office of Minister of Animal Husbandry, PWD and later Minister of Revenue. She has three siblings- brothers UdayVir Singh, Chetak Singh and sister Noor Sarwara.

Spouse

Digvijay Singh[1] Chahal, an international Professional Golfer and Son of Col. Niranjan Singh.

Children

The couple has two children, a daughter and a son. Their son was born with a rare and fatal disorder, biliary atresia that would affect and damage his liver completely. In December 2016, when he was merely 8 months old, Chitra donated her liver (part of it) to her child.[5]

Education

She has done her early education from Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala[7] and Bhartiya Public School [8] in Ambala Cantt . Later joined and completed her schooling from Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai,[9] Sonipat in 1994.

She is a National Volleyball player, winning many State and National titles as a part of the Rai team. She represented Haryana in the National School Volleyball Championship in Purnia, Bihar in 1993 which was won by the Haryana team. She has attended India Camp in Bangalore and represented India against Sri Lanka in 1994 in volleyball matches.

She has graduated from National Institute of Design,[10] Ahmedabad in 2000 as an Industrial Designer specializing in Furniture design.

Career

She has worked with Tesseract Design[11] in Bangalore and then went on to Idiom Design and Consulting[12] Banglore. In Delhi she worked as an independent Design consultant and eventually as Design Head of the Delhi office of Idiom Design and Consulting.

While with Idiom Design and Consulting, she was Design Manager for developing the 2010 Commonwealth Games Image and Look program which involved developing the games branding from Logo to application of Image and Look program across city and collaterals.

Political career

Political Activities
  • In May 2015, she organised a massive women's symposium on Martyr's Day- Sh Rajiv Gandhi Ji's death anniversary. Rajiv Gandhi- Ek Vyaktitav, Ek Soch was attended by senior INC leadership of state and women from Ambala.
  • In 2017, Mahila Congress started a signature campaign #WomenFor33,[15] More than 10,000 signatures collected under this campaign in Ambala.
  • On 14 October 2017, was part of AIMC delegation led by Sushmita Dev that submitted the 32 lakh+ signatures collected by Mahila Congress from all over India under the #WomenFor33 campaign to the Hon’ble President of India, Sh. Ram Nath Kovind.
  • 30 September 2018, organised women program in Ambala as a part of Mahila Adhikaar Yatra[16]- Haryana.

Agitations
  • Feb 2015, took part in Kisaan Andolan called by Rahul Gandhi against land acquisition bill changes proposed by BJP govt.
  • March 2015, took part in a Candle march protest 'Meri Beti Mera Gaurav' against Female foeticide organised by Danik Bhaskar.
  • April 2015, Protest in Chandigarh against the misgovernance of Haryana govt.
  • June 2015, took part in protest against 1 year of Narendra Modi government in Delhi.
  • September 2016, led a women protest in Ambala against the price rise of LPG, Petrol and Diesel.
  • March 2017, took part in protest organised by Ambala Congress against false promise of BJP govt to bring back Black Money.
  • 14 May 2017, took part in protest against BJP govt at Chandigarh for increase in crimes against women in Haryana.
  • 23 June 2017, protest organised in Ambala with small scale business owners against implementation of GST.
  • July 2017, protest against no legal action against son of Subhash Barala, BJP Haryana Chief, accused of stalking a girl.
  • 25 July 2017, joined sansad gherao protest on completion 3 years of central government.
  • 6 August 2017, Chitra organized a protest march in Ambala Cantt along with the Mahila Congress unit of Ambala against not arrest of Stalking case accused son of BJP Haryana Chief.
  • August 2017 Protest outside house of Ambala Lok Sabha MP Rattan Lal Kataria, against his sexist comments on INC women leader Selja Kumari.
  • 8 November 2017, protest on Demonetization anniversary, observed as Black Day all over India by Congress.
  • 14 December 2017, agitation against election commission.
  • 19 December 2017, protest outside Municipal Cooperation against lack of development in Ambala.
  • 9 December 2017, participated protest organised by citizens to get Justice for a 5-year girl raped and brutally murdered in Boh Village, Ambala Cantt.[17]
  • 17 January 2018, Protest in Chandigarh against Manohar Lal Khattar government on the various rape cases in Haryana.
  • 17 February 2018 joined a protest against Haryana government organized by Anganwadi workers.
  • Fast for Peace and Harmony.[18]
  • 8 March 2018, protest outside parliament[19] demanding passage of #WomenFor33 Bill.
  • Kala Diwas.[20]
  • 15 March 2018 protest in Ambala with Congress team demanding action against Health & Sport minister of Haryana Nephew, who is accused of fraud case.
  • 21 March 2018 Candle march in Ambala Cantt against the Central govt failing to bring back 39 Indians from Iraq.
  • Jan Aakrosh Rally.[21]
  • Save Democracy Day.[22]
  • Vishwasghat Diwas.[23]
  • Mahila Aakrosh Rally[24]
  • April 2018, protest outside Divisional Railway Manager office against the delay in railway over bridge project.
  • 16 May 2018, protest against Haryana govt decision of Corporation breach[25][26] along with INC Ambala team.
  • 10 September 2018 organized a protest with Ambala Congress team against price rise of LPG, Petrol & Diesel.
  • September 2018, Bharat Band[27] agitation, protest against Central Bureau of Investigation working as a puppet of Narendra Modi government.
  • 4 February 2019, HPMC protest at Chandigarh against accused who said inappropriate comment regarding Smt. Priyanka Gandhi.
  • 16 February 2019, lead a Candle march at Ambala Cantt for the Martyrs of Pulwama Attack.

Social front

The Light Within

The Light Within (TLW): Launched as an informal professional and social networking platform for the woman power in Ambala. Idea was to get women professionals, achievers and contributors from diverse fields to work together, pool efforts and do something to make a difference for bettering our lives and society.

  • Under TLW, organised preparatory workshops in all Ambala Government Senior Secondary Schools to help students ready for exams with tips and tricks on stress management, memory enhancement and how to attempt exams under this banner.
  • Organised workshops on menstrual hygiene for distributing free sanitary napkins amongst girl children from financially challenged backgrounds in collaboration with NGOs, Gynecologist and social workers.

Later on TLW Transformed into Nari Shakti with wider base and more widespread activities.

iHELP- Welfare Information Helpline

iHELP- Welfare Information Helpline: In 2013, collaborating with enthusiastic youngsters and Team Suraksha team. It's a toll free Social Welfare Information helpline, where anyone can call and receive details of various Social Welfare Schemes provided by Government of Haryana and correct information on Forms, due procedures, offices involved.

iHelp camps

iHelp grew from a mere helpline to iHelp camps where teams led by Chitra would visit an area, complete with free forms of schemes, printers for scanning documents and stamps for sign and have mass form verification/ filling camps for all those who needed to apply for any government scheme.

iHelp still continues as a toll-free call service.

Social activities
  • In July 2014, led by her, INC Ambala team organised a Blood Donation Camp to honour the Kargil Martryrs. The event collected over 200 Bags of blood and Smt. Pratibha Singh, widow of Kargil Martyr Vinay Choudhary graced the event as the Chief Guest and Indian Army Medical team came to collect Blood donations themselves too.
  • On 20 Aug 2017, Chitra helped private hospital to organize an Eye Checkup camp in Village Machhonda.
  • Aug 2018, organized a Flood Relief Camp for Kerala. The two day donation camp saw Ambala turn out in massive numbers to participate.
  • In 2018, Chitra organised verious camps in Ambala Cantt to educate village and slum area young ladies and women on Menstrual Hygiene.
  • On Yoga Day 2019, Chitra along with Poonam Sangwan organised a yoga camp in Village Shahpur of Ambala Cantt.

Positions held

References
  1. "CG Open: Digvijay eyes Asian Tour card". timesofindia. 2015-12-04.
  2. "Lok Sabha Elections 2019: In Haryana, women lead the campaign charge". hindustantimes. 2019-04-29.
  3. "Chitra Sarwara, Shamina Shafiq appointed Mahila Congress General Secretaries". Business Standard. 2018-08-31.
  4. "Rahul appoints two more general secretaries of Mahila Congress". timesofindia. 2018-08-31.
  5. "देखिए एक मां, जिसने लीवर देकर बचाई बेटे की जान" [Mother's Day, Unbelievable Story Of Haryana Mahila Congress Speaker Chitra Sarwara]. amarujala. 2017-05-15.
  6. "Haryana Vidhan Sabha MLA". haryanaassembly.gov.in. 2006-08-14.
  7. "Convent of Jesus & Mary, Ambala". 2019-03-23.
  8. "Bhartiya Public School, Ambala". 2019-03-31.
  9. "Motilal Nehru School of Sports". 2015-03-23.
  10. "National Institute of Design". 2013-03-11.
  11. "tesseract designs". 2005-07-11.
  12. "Idiom Design and Consulting". 2007-05-21.
  13. "Chitra Sarwara appointed Secretary of All India Mahila COngress". danik bhaskar. 2018-03-08.
  14. "Rahul Gandhi launched Logo and Flag designed by Chitra". danik bhaskar. 2018-08-07.
  15. "Mahila Congress launches online campaign to ensure Women's Reservation Bill by 2019". 2018-01-31.
  16. "congress factions come together for state wide campaign launched by women's congress". times of india. 2018-10-01.
  17. "family seeks of vaishnavis killer hanged". danik bhaskar. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  18. "fast peace harmony". 2018-02-19.
  19. "protest outside parliament womenfor33". 2018-03-08.
  20. "kala diwas". 2018-03-13.
  21. "jan aakrosh rally". 2018-04-29.
  22. "save democracy day". 2018-05-08.
  23. "vishwasghat diwas". 2018-05-26.
  24. "mahila aakrosh". 2018-08-24.
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  26. "protest against Corporation breach". danik bhaskar. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
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