Salman Khursheed, a lawyer was first elected to Lok Sabha from Farrukhabad in 1991. He was the  minister of state for external affairs in the Narasimha Rao government.  The 56 year-old Khursheed won the ticket from Farrukhabadin Uttar Pradesh.

Issues

Improving corporate governance, tightening the loopholes in the system to curb frauds

What he plans to do

Salman Khursheed said that he would focus on the common man and protect the interests of small investors.

The government has asked the investigating agency SFIO to expeditiously initiate prosecution proceedings against the guilty in the Satyam case and put the whole process on the fast track.

"The SFIO has completed the investigation in the case and the Ministry has asked the SFIO to chalk out a strategy for prosecution in coordination with the CBI... A number of issues related to the corporate governance framework, role of directors, role of auditors also needs to be examined carefully and necessary corrections are required to be made in the corporate governance framework," said Khursheed after taking charge.