Brijmohan Agrawal (born 1 May 1959) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who is serving as Minister of Education & Parliamentary Affairs in Government of Chhattisgarh. He is serving Raipur South (earlier Raipur Town) as MLA since 1990 and was Home Minister of the State between 2003 and 2005.[1]
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.[2]
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.
- ^ "Chhattisgarh State Chief Ministers and Ministers List of 2013–2018 Assembly". Chhattisgarh Vidhansabha.
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