Selja Kumari, the present Minister of Tourism, belongs to Indian National Congress and she is also one of the members of 15th Lok Sabha of India.

A member of the previous Lok Sabha, Selja Kumari was a Minister of State (independent charge). She was in charge of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in the UPA government.

Selja Kumari was born on 24th September 1962 in New Delhi. Her father was a Dalit leader, Chaudhary Dalbir Singh. After completing her studies from Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi, Selja Kumari pursued her M.Phil from Punjab University.

Starting her political career with the Mahila Congress, Selja became one of the leading Dalit leaders in the Congress party. She was declared the President of Mahila Congress in 1990. In 1991 she fought the general elections from the Sirsa constituency in Haryana and won a seat in the Parliament. She also remained as Union Minister of State for Education and Culture during the tenure of Narasimha Rao. Though in Haryana the Congress faced a massive misfortune, Selja in 1996, was elected again to the Lok Sabha.

Selja Kumari was elected in 2004 to the Lok Sabha to represent the Ambala constituency of Haryana. During the tenure of Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister, she was chosen for the position of Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. She was elected from the same constituency in Ambala in 2009 as well.

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