Former Union Minister and Industrialist Kamal Morarka passes away at 74
- Former Union minister and noted industrialist Kamal Morarka has passed away following a brief illness. He was 74.
- Morarka served as the Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office under the Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar in 1990 to 1991.
- He was a Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan from Janata Dal (Secular) during 1988-94. Later he headed the Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) since 2012.
- As a businessman, Morarka was the chairman of Morarka Organic, a Private Sector Organisation that offers services in Food Processing/ Beverages.
- Besides this, he also had keen interest in sports and served as vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Vice President of Rajasthan Cricket Association.
- He even was a philanthropist and social worker and had also published a book of wild life photographs.