page_title: Mool Chand Jain
section_title: Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) (1957–1962)
hierarchical_section_title: Mool Chand Jain / Post Indian Independence (1948–1965) / Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) (1957–1962)
caption_attribution_description: English: Mool Chand Jain with Jawahar Lal Nehru and Krishna Nayyar
context_page_description: Babu Mool Chand Jain, often referred to as "Gandhi of Haryana", - a Gandhian who was a member of the Congress Party, Vishal Haryana Party, Janata Party, Lok Dal and then Haryana Vikas Party at different times. He was a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement, parliamentarian, lawyer, Satyagrahi social activist, and Indian statesman who also served as Excise & Taxation and Public Works Department Minister in Joint Punjab as well as Finance Minister, Deputy Chairman.
context_section_description: In 1957 he was elected Member of Indian Parliament from Kaithal (Lok Sabha Constituency). He spent only Rs. 4000/- on his election campaign. As MP, he soon came in the good books of Nehruji and was made member of several important committees appointed by the Union Government such as Direct Taxes Advisory Committee, Small Scale Industries Board and Cooperative Farming Board etc.  He was also convener of Finance Standing Committee along with Sh. Morarji Desai,  the then Finance Minister of India. After the formation of Panchayati Raj Committees in Rajasthan  & Andhra Pradesh, Babuji was made one of the member of five member committee constituted by Nehruji, to look after the affairs of Panchyati Raj Committees in these States. This committee submitted its report to the Prime Minister after visiting Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Gujrat. In 1962, he fought Sardar Pratap Singh Kairon for his involvement in the murderous attack on Ram Pyara, MLA of Punjab (see his letters).
caption: Jain (on extreme left) with Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru
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