| Tulsiram Silawat | |
| Birth Date: | 1954 11, df=y[1] |
| Residence: | Indore |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Office: | Cabinet Minister of Water Resources Madhya Pradesh Government |
| Term Start: | 21 April 2020 |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | |
| Predecessor: | Karada Hukum Singh |
| Office1: | Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start1: | December 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Rajesh Sonkar |
| Constituency1: | Sanwer |
| Successor3: | Prakash Sonkar |
| Term Start3: | 1985 |
| Term End3: | 1990 |
| Constituency2: | Sanwer |
| Term Start2: | 2008 |
| Term End2: | 2013 |
| Predecessor2: | Prakash Sonkar |
| Successor2: | Rajesh Sonkar |
| Office5: | Vice President of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee |
| Term Start5: | 1998 |
| Term End5: | 2003 |
| Education: | MA LLB Part 1 |
| Alma Mater: | Indore University |
| Profession: | Agriculturist, politician |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse: | Sunita Silawat[2] |
| Office4: | Minister of Health and Family Welfare Madhya Pradesh Government |
| Preceded4: | Rustam Singh |
| Term Start4: | December 2018 |
| Term End4: | March 2020 |
| Children: | Nitish Silawat,Chinmayee Silawat |
Tulsi Ram Silawat is an Indian politician serving as a cabinet minister in the Madhya Pradesh state government and a two-time representative of the Sanwer constituency in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[3] [4] He took the oath as a cabinet minister in the new Madhya Pradesh government on 25 December, 2018.[5] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 March, 2020, and took oath as the Water Resources Minister under Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet on 21 April, 2020.[6] On 20 October, 2020, he resigned from the post of Water Resources Minister. Because, as per Article 164 (4) of the Indian Constitution, a minister who is not a member of the House must be elected to an assembly within 6 months of being appointed minister.[7]
In December 2018, he was inducted into the Kamal Nath cabinet as Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare of Madhya Pradesh. During 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis, he supported senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and joined BJP with the 22 MLAs who resigned.[8] [9] [10]