Sahib Singh Verma

Sahib Singh Verma (15 March 1943 – 30 June 2007)[citation needed] was an Indian politician and the former senior vice-president of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

[11] In 1977 he was elected to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and took the Oath as a Councillor by the hands of Guru Radha Kishan.

[12] In 1996, after Madan Lal Khurana was embroiled in a corruption crisis, Sahib Singh became the Chief Minister of Delhi.

Subsequently, he won the Lok Sabha elections, 1999 from Outer Delhi with a margin of over two lakh votes.

[10] In 2002, he became Minister of Labour in the Vajpayee government, and was known as "bull in a China shop" for standing up against the bureaucrats against lowering the Provident Fund interest rate.

The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi presenting "Best Employer's Award - 2003" to one of the awardees at a function, in New Delhi on 3 December 2003 (Wednesday). The Union Minister for Labour Dr. Sahib Singh Verma is also seen.