Satyendar Jain

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Satyendar Jain is an Indian politician who was appointed as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Delhi by the Aam Aadmi Party on 14 February 2015. Soon after his appointment, he started working in the portfolios of Health & Family Welfare, Industries, Home, Power, Water, Urban Development and Irrigation & Flood Control. He was appointed as the Delhi Health Minister for the third time in 2020.Soon after completing his formal education, Satyendar Kumar Jain worked at the Central Public Works Department (CPWD). Later, he decided to set up an architectural consultancy firm and quit his job. In 2011, he participated in Anna Hazares movement against corruption, and he later ventured into Indian politics.Before venturing into politics, Satyendar Kumar Jain was associated with several social welfare organizations such as Drishti, an organisation that help the visually impaired, and SPARSH, an organisation that works for the welfare of the physically and mentally challenged.From 28 December 2013 to 14 February 2014, Satyendar Kumar Jain served as the Health & Family welfare, Gurudwara Elections and Industries Minister. In his second tenure, from 14 February 2015 to 13 February 2020, Satyendar Kumar Jain worked in the Health & Family Welfare, Industries, Home, PWD, Power, Water, Transport, Urban Development and Irrigation & Flood Control departments.In 2016, Soumya Jain, the daughter of Satyendar Kumar Jain, came into the limelight when she was given the charge of Delhis prime project in which free treatment for walk-ins is provided by the management, and it is organised in nearly 100 mohalla or neighbourhood clinics in Delhi. She was designated as an advisor to the health secretary-cum-mission director of the National Health Mission. Satyendar Kumar Jain was blamed by the opposition party leaders for providing a cosy position to his daughter who had no experience in the medical field and was an architect. Harish Khurana, a BJP leader said, This exposes the real face of Kejriwal, and this is not the first time Aam Aadmi Party or AAP volunteers and workers have been given cozy positions in the government. Soon, Satyendar Kumar Jain clarified in a media conference that his daughter was working as a volunteer with the Delhi Health Mission. He said, She has secured admission in IIM Indore, but she is leaving all that to serve the people of Delhi. Soumya is involved with the Delhi Health mission as a volunteer. She has not been provided with any vehicle, house or money by the government..In 2017, he was charged by the CBI in a money laundering case and was accused by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). In 2018, he was interrogated by ED again, but the lack of evidence halted the progress of the case. In 2017, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra accused Satyendar Jain of settling Rs. 50 crore deal with the brother-in-law of Arvind Kejriwal. [9]Zee News Kapil Mishra blamed, Satyendar Jain (Delhi Health Minister) himself told me that he managed a Rs 50 crore land deal in Chhattarpur (south Delhi) for Kejriwals brother-in-law. The deal was finalised for the Bansal family..In 2020, Satyendar Kumar Jain contested the Delhi assembly elections and was re-elected from the Shakur Basti Constituency for the third time with a margin of 7,592 votes.Reportedly, Satyendar Kumar Jain is a close associate of the Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal.When the COVID-19 pandemic hit India in 2020, Satyendar Kumar Jain travelled to all the hospitals in Delhi to keep an eye on the management who were dealing with the COVID-19 patients. Satyendar Kumar Jain tested positive for COVID-19 on 17 June 2020. In the same month, his departments were taken over by Deputy CM Manish Sisodia; however, Satyendar Kumar remained the minister of the cabinet without any department. He was given plasma therapy on 20 June 2020 at a hospital in Saket residential colony in Delhi. Later, his condition improved.In 2022, Satyendar Kumar Jain was appointed as the in charge of the Assembly election in Himachal Pradesh.