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Kamal Patel (politician)

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Kamal Patel
Cabinet Minister
Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
21 April 2020 – 2023
Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan
Ministry and DepartmentsFarmers welfare and agriculture development
Preceded bySachin Yadav
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
December 2018 – 2023
Succeeded byRam Kishore Dogne
ConstituencyHarda
In office
1993–2013
Preceded byBadri Narain Agarwal
Succeeded byRam Kishore Dogne
ConstituencyHarda
Personal details
Born (1961-10-06) 6 October 1961 (age 63)
Harda, Madhya Pradesh, India[1]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseRekha Patel
Parents
  • Harnath Dudi (father)
  • Parvati Dudi (mother)
Residence(s)Harda, Madhya Pradesh, India
Alma materDevi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore

Kamal Patel (born 6 October 1961) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has served as a minister three times in Government of Madhya Pradesh and Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly five times in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2018 representing the Harda Constituency).[1] Agriculture in the Government of Madhya Pradesh.[2][3][4][5]

Political career

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Patel has been associated with Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a student union affiliated with the BJP since his days as a student. He was president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Hoshangabad. Later, he was made state general secretary of BJP Yuva Morcha then also became state president of BJP Yuva morcha.[citation needed]

He has been elected on five occasions as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh from Harda constituency. Those successes came in the consecutive elections of 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2018.[6]

  • 1989 – member of Madhya Pradesh BJP state executive committee.
  • 1993 – elected MLA from Harda constituency.
  • 1998 – elected MLA from Harda constituency.
  • 2003 – elected MLA from Harda constituency.
  • 2005 – state minister (independent charge) of Medical Education, Technical Education and Training with effect from 1 June 2005
  • 2008 – elected MLA from Harda constituency.
  • 2009 – Cabinet Minister and given the charge of Revenue, Religious Trust and Endowment, and Rehabilitation Departments
  • 2013 - Lost VidhanSabha Election
  • 2018 – elected MLA from Harda constituency.

Minister Of Madhya Pradesh

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Patel was made state minister (independent charge) of Medical Education, Technical Education and Training with effect from 1 June 2005 in the Babulal Gaur-led government. Later he was promoted to rank of cabinet minister and given the charge of revenue, religious trust and endowment, and rehabilitation departments in the government of Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

On 21 April 2020 he again became a cabinet minister.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2019_135.pdf" (PDF). MP Vidhan Sabha. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ^ Kmaneck, Roshneesh (29 June 2020). "Formation of MP Cabinet likely to be completed by June 30". rediff. Retrieved 7 February 2023. In April, Narottam Mishra, Kamal Patel, Meena Singh, Tulsi Silawat and Govind Singh Rajput took oath as ministers in Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet.
  3. ^ Waje, Hemant (13 July 2020). "Chouhan expands cabinet, rewards 2 Cong rebels". rediff. Retrieved 7 February 2023. Kamal Patel, who was inducted during the first expansion earlier, retained farmers welfare and agriculture development departments.
  4. ^ Kmaneck, Roshneesh (21 April 2020). "Chouhan expands cabinet, rewards 2 Cong rebels". rediff. Retrieved 7 February 2023. The other ministers who took oath are Narottam Mishra (Brahmin), Meena Singh (Scheduled Tribe) and Kamal Patel (OBC), all sitting BJP MLAs.
  5. ^ "Chouhan aide Narottam Mishra gets Home and Health portfolios in Madhya Pradesh cabinet". The Hindu. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2023. Kamal Patel is entrusted with the Agriculture and Farmer Welfareportfolio
  6. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Harda Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan expands cabinet amid Covid-19 lockdown". hindustantimes.

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