Dharmjeet Singh Thakur Explained

Dharmjeet Singh Thakur
Birth Name:Dharmjeet Singh Thakur
Birth Date:30 June 1953
Residence:Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
Office:Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Constituency:Takhatpur
Term Start:3 December 2023
Predecessor:Rashmi Ashish Singh
Constituency1:Lormi
Term Start1:11 December 2018
Term End1:3 December 2023
Predecessor1:Tokhan Sahu
Successor1:Arun Sao
Term Start2:1998
Term End2:2013
Constituency2:Lormi
Predecessor2:Muniram Sahu
Successor2:Tokhan Sahu
Nationality:Indian
Profession:Agriculture
Alma Mater:Government Graduate College, Bilaspur
Father:Kalpnath Singh

Dharmjeet Singh Thakur (born 30 June 1953) is an Indian politician. He is current MLA from Takhatpur assembly constituency. He was elected to the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Lormi in the 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Political career

Singh Started his political career from student politics. Dharamjit Singh learned the art of politics from Vidya Charan Shukla. Vidya Charan Shukla has been his godfather. In 1998, he got Congress ticket for the first time from Lormi Assembly. And he defeated BJP's sitting MLA Muniram Sahu by 19000 votes. Along with becoming MLA for the first time, Dharamjit Singh also got the title of Excellent MLA. Later he also became the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. He joined Janta Congress Chhattisgarh In 2016 and joined BJP in August 2023 before 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He is current MLA from Takhatpur.

Notes and References

  1. https://myneta.info/chhattisgarh2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=1994 My Neta
  2. https://www.patrika.com/raipur-news/raipur-ex-mla-dharamjeet-singh-quit-the-congress-and-joined-ajit-jogi-party-1328699/ Raipur: Ex MLA Dharamjeet Singh quit the congress
  3. https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/chhattisgarh-election/article/lormi-assembly-constituency-election-2018-chhattisgarh-poll-candidates-bjp-tokhan-ram-sahu-congress/313179 Lormi Assembly Election Result: JCC(J)'s DHARMJEET SINGH won
  4. https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-results-2018-full-list-of-winners-1407409-2018-12-11 Chhattisgarh election results: Here is the full list of winners