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Kanda’s Brother Joins Congress
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Top Stories
Posted on Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 01:44:03 AM EST

Gobind Kanda, younger brother of Minister of State for Home, Industries, Commerce, Sports and Youth Affairs Gopal Kanda, today joined the Congress, filling his membership form in the presence of the District Congress Committee president Hoshiari Lal Sharma at the Congress Bhawan here.

“I have joined the Congress impressed by the welfare policies being pursued by the party under the guidance of Sonia Gandhi and the leadership of Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Haryana,” he declared soonafter.

Gopal Kanda and Gobind Kanda enjoy close ties. Gobind Kanda looks after Baba Tarkeshwar Trust of the family in Sirsa that is associated with various philanthropic activities.

The trust also looks after Tara Baba Kutiya, a religious place.

Gobind Kanda organises eye operation camps in the kutiya and holds a trust function every year in which several Bollywood stars and playback singers have participated.

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Like his elder brother Gobind Kanda, he has not had much formal education but the two brothers have been very successful in business and have made big fortunes in the past one decade.

The brothers ran a footwear business in the town till the late nineties. The business did not go as per their expectations. So, Gopal Kanda left the town around the beginning of this millennium and started real estate business in Gurgaon, which became a roaring success.

While Gopal Kanda looked after the family business in Gurgaon, Gobind Kanda held the fort in Sirsa.

Success came almost instantly and they soon became owners of hotels, malls and the prestigious MDLR Airlines.

The Kanda brothers were once close associates of the Chautalas. Gopal Kanda has admitted on several occasions that he has had business ties with them.

However, the Kandas fell out with the INLD supremo, om Prakash chautala, before the assembly polls with Gopal Kanda contesting as an Independent.After his victory, efforts were made by the Chautalas to mend fences with Gopal Kanda, but he chose to side with the Congress and declared his support to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on the day he was declared elected.

Sharma said with Gobind Kanda joining the party,the Congress would emerge even stronger in the district.

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