Brijmohan Agrawal Explained

Brijmohan Agrawal
Birth Date:1 May 1959
Birth Place:Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, India
(now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Residence:Shankar Nagar, Raipur
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Predecessor:Sunil Soni
Term Start:4 June 2024
Constituency:Raipur
Office1:Minister of Parliamentary Affairs,
Minister of Tourism,
Minister of Education
Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Vishnu Deo Sai
Successor1:Vishnu Deo Sai
Predecessor1:
Term Start1:13 December 2023
Term End1:19 June 2024
Office2:Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency2:Raipur South
Successor2:Sunil Kumar Soni
Predecessor2:Constituency established
Term Start2:December 2008
Term End2:17 June 2024
Successor3:constituency abolished
Predecessor3:Swarupchand Jain
Constituency3:Raipur Town
Term Start3:1990
Term End3:2008
Office4:Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Ayacut, Water Resources, Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname4:Chief Minister
1Namedata4:Raman Singh
Successor4:Ravindra Choubey
Predecessor4:Chandra Shekhar Sahu
Term Start4:9 December 2013
Term End4:11 December 2018
Office5:Minister of Parliamentary affairs,
Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname5:Chief Minister
1Namedata5:Raman Singh
Successor5:Ajay Chandrakar
Predecessor5:Ajay Chandrakar
Term Start5:22 December 2008
Term End5:11 December 2013
Office6:Minister of Public Works Department, School Education,
Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname6:Chief Minister
1Namedata6:Raman Singh
Successor6:Rajesh Munat
Predecessor6:Rajesh Munat
Term Start6:8 December 2008
Term End6:8 December 2013
Office7:Minister of Culture and Tourism
Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname7:Chief Minister
1Namedata7:Raman Singh
Successor7:Ajay Chandrakar
Predecessor7:Dhanendra Sahu
Term Start7:7 December 2003
Term End7:8 December 2013
Office8:Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare,
Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname8:Chief Minister
1Namedata8:Raman Singh
Successor8:Lata Usendi
Term Start8:11 February 2006
Term End8:7 December 2008
Office9:Cabinet Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Rehabilitation, Law and Legislative Affairs,
Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname9:Chief Minister
1Namedata9:Raman Singh
Successor9:Amar Agrawal
Predecessor9:Nanki Ram Kanwar
Term Start9:18 June 2005
Term End9:7 December 2008
Office10:Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname10:Chief Minister
1Namedata10:Dr. Raman Singh
Successor10:Ramvichar Netam
Predecessor10:Nandkumar Patel
Term Start10:7 December 2003
Term End10:18 June 2005
Office11:Minister of Labour
Government of Chhattisgarh
1Blankname11:Chief Minister
1Namedata11:Raman Singh
Successor11:Hemchand Yadav
Predecessor11:Shankar Sodhi
Term Start11:7 December 2003
Term End11:18 June 2005
Office12:Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Local Administration, Urban development, Tourism and Culture, Science, Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh
Term Start12:1990
Term End12:1992
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse:Sunita Agrawal
Children:3
Date:30 October 2024
Alma Mater:Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University

Brijmohan Agrawal (born 1 May 1959) is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He is a member of the Lok Sabha from Raipur.[1] He was an eight time Member of Vidhan Sabha representing Raipur Town & later Raipur City South from 1990 till 2024. He served as minister in several departments of the Madhya Pradesh government and, after formation, the Chhattisgarh government. Most recently he was in Sai cabinet from 2023 to 2024.[2] [3] He is a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4]

Early life and education

Agrawal is from Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He married Sunita and they have three children. He completed his M.Com. in 1982 at Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.[5]

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 delimitised and divided into 4 seats and he 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. He retained the seat in 2013 from Raipur City South 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. in 2023, for the fourth [6] In the 2018 elections, Agrawal was the MLA with the lowest winning margin.

In the 2023 assembly elections, he became MLA for the eighth consecutive time. This was his fourth consecutive win from Raipur South in which he defeated Mahant Ramsundar Das of Dudhdhari Math by a huge margin. After which he became the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Tourism and Education in the Vishnudev Sai government.

Four months after becoming a minister, he contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Raipur on BJP ticket and won the election by a huge margin. Agrawal defeated his closest rival Vikas Upadhyay of the Congress by about 5.75 lakh votes. It was one of the biggest electoral victories in the country in 2024 elections.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brijmohan Agrawal, Bharatiya Janata Party Representative for Raipur, Chhattisgarh - Candidate Overview 2024 Lok Sabha Elections . 2024-10-28 . The Times of India . en.
  2. News: 30 January 2022 . Baghel following PM Modi's footsteps: BJP's Brijmohan Agrawal after Chhattisgarh CM announces construction of Amar Jawan Jyoti in Raipur . 25 April 2023 . ANI News.
  3. News: India Today . 13 July 2024 . Ex-legislators In the major league now . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806121923/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-ex-legislators-in-the-major-league-now-2565848-2024-07-13 . 6 August 2024 . 6 August 2024 . en.
  4. Web site: Ayushi . S. . 2024-10-24 . Political shake-up in Chhattisgarh: Raipur City South By-Election . 2024-10-28 . सेंट्रल गोंडवाना ख़बर, ख़बर दुनिया भर . en-US.
  5. Web site: Brijmohan Agrawal(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- RAIPUR CITY SOUTH(RAIPUR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: . 2024-10-28 . myneta.info.
  6. Web site: Chhattisgarh State Chief Ministers and Ministers List of 2013–2018 Assembly.. Chhattisgarh Vidhansabha.