Brijmohan Agrawal

Brijmohan Agrawal
Brijmohan Agrawal
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Sunil Soni
Constituency	Raipur
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs,; Minister of Tourism; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 13 December 2023 – 19 June 2024
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Ravindra Choubey (Parliamentary Affairs); Tamradhwaj Sahu; (Tourism);
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
	In office; December 2008 – 17 June 2024
Constituency	Raipur South
	In office; 1990–2008
Preceded by	Swarupchand Jain
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Constituency	Raipur Town
Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Ayacut, Water Resources, Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 9 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Chandra Shekhar Sahu
Succeeded by	Ravindra Choubey
Minister of Parliamentary affairs,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 22 December 2008 – 11 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Ajay Chandrakar
Succeeded by	Ajay Chandrakar
Minister of Public Works Department, School Education,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 8 December 2008 – 8 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Rajesh Munat
Succeeded by	Rajesh Munat
Minister of Culture and Tourism; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 7 December 2003 – 8 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Dhanendra Sahu
Succeeded by	Ajay Chandrakar
Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 11 February 2006 – 7 December 2008
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Succeeded by	Lata Usendi
Cabinet Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Rehabilitation, Law and Legislative Affairs,; Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 18 June 2005 – 7 December 2008
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Nanki Ram Kanwar
Succeeded by	Amar Agrawal
Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh
	In office; 7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005
Chief Minister	Dr. Raman Singh
Preceded by	Nandkumar Patel
Succeeded by	Ramvichar Netam
Minister of Labour; Government of Chhattisgarh
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Shankar Sodhi
Succeeded by	Hemchand Yadav
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Local Administration, Urban development, Tourism and Culture, Science, Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh
	In office; 1990–1992
Personal details
Born	1 May 1959 (age 66); Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, India; (now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sunita Agrawal
Children	3
Residence(s)	Shankar Nagar, Raipur
Alma mater	Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Website	brijmohanagrawal.in
	As of 4 June 2024

Brijmohan Agrawal (born 1 May 1959) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who was served as Minister of Education & Parliamentary Affairs in Government of Chhattisgarh. He was served Raipur South (earlier Raipur Town) as MLA between 1990 and June 2024 and was Home Minister of the State between 2003 and 2005.^[1]^[2]

Political career

He was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1990 from Raipur Town Constituency and was re-elected in 1993 and 1998 from the same constituency. After the creation of Chhattisgarh out of Madhya Pradesh, he was elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 from same seat and became Cabinet Minister for Home, Prison, Culture and Tourism. He was given charge of Revenue, Culture, and Tourism, Law and Rehabilitation in 2005 and additional charge of forest, sports and youth Affairs in 2006. In 2008, Raipur Town seat got restructured and divided into 9 seats & Agrawal contested from Raipur City South and won by margin of 65,686 and became Cabinet Minister for School Education, Public Works Department, Parliamentary Affairs, Tourism, and Endowment Trust Culture in second Raman Singh's Ministry. Again, in 2013 he won Raipur City South seat by margin of 34,799 and became Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Bio-Technology, Animal Husbandry, Fish Rearing, Water Resources, Irrigation, Ayacut and Religious Trusts & Endowment in Raman Singh Third ministry.In 2018, he reached the assembly from Raipur South for the third time in a row with 77,589 votes and is currently an MLA from the same constituency.^[3]

References

^ "Baghel following PM Modi's footsteps: BJP's Brijmohan Agrawal after Chhattisgarh CM announces construction of Amar Jawan Jyoti in Raipur". ANI News. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
^ India Today (13 July 2024). "Ex-legislators | In the major league now". Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ "Chhattisgarh State Chief Ministers and Ministers List of 2013–2018 Assembly". Chhattisgarh Vidhansabha.

External links

[1] "Baghel following PM Modi's footsteps: BJP's Brijmohan Agrawal after Chhattisgarh CM announces construction of Amar Jawan Jyoti in Raipur". ANI News. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

[Ex-legislators_{{!}}_In_the_major_league_now-2] India Today (13 July 2024). "Ex-legislators | In the major league now". Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

[3] "Chhattisgarh State Chief Ministers and Ministers List of 2013–2018 Assembly". Chhattisgarh Vidhansabha.

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