Vijay J. Darda
Vijay J. Darda is a politician from Indian National Congress party, and a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha since 1998, having been elected for three consecutive terms into the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
He is the chairman of the Lokmat Media Group Lokmat.Early Life
He was born in a Shwetambar Jain Family in Nagpur. His father name was Jawaharlal Darda.Reception
Being a Congress Member,, On 29 July 2012, at a function in Ahmedabad, Darda remarked that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is a tiger and a national saint.
In 2012, Vijay Darda was reported to have been associated with companies that were awarded coal blocks under the controversial coal allocation by the then Coal Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for a throwaway price. In this controversy, his brother, Rajendra Darda, is also named along with him.
