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

1990-92 President, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), District. Kanpur

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

1991-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel

1993 Deputy Chief Whip, B.J.P. Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabhaonwards

1993-95 Member, Committee on Public Accounts

1993-96 Member, Rules Committee

1994-96 Member, Committee on Defence

Member, Committee on Steel

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1996-97 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

1998-99 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

2012-17 Hon'ble Mayor of Kanpur

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