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Nanki Ram Kanwar

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Nanki Ram Kanwar
Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
2008–2013
Chief MinisterDr. Raman Singh
Preceded byRamvichar Netam
Succeeded byRam Sewak Paikra
Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Pisciculture and Cooperation, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
2003–2008
Preceded byPrem Sai Singh
Succeeded byChandra Shekhar Sahu
Minister of Manpower Planning and Technical Education,
Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
1992–1993
Minister of Forest and Agriculture,
Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
1990–1992
Member of Legislative Assembly for Rampur
In office
11 December 2018 – 3 November 2023
Preceded byShyam Lal Kanwar
Succeeded byPhool Singh Rathiya
In office
19982013
Preceded byPyarelal Kanwar
Succeeded byShyam Lal Kanwar
In office
19901993
Preceded byPyarelal Kanwar
Succeeded byPyarelal Kanwar
In office
1977[1]1980
Preceded byPyarelal Kanwar
Succeeded byPyarelal Kanwar
Personal details
Born (1943-07-21) 21 July 1943 (age 81)
Korba, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
(now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Bharatiya Jana Sangh (Before 1977)
ResidenceKorba
Alma materGovt. Jamuna Prasad Verma P.G. Arts and Commerce College, Bilaspur
Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur
OccupationAgriculture, Lawyer, Politician

Nanki Ram Kanwar (born 21 July 1943) is an Indian politician served as Home Minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party and was also Cabinet Minister in Sunder Lal Patwa ministry in Government of Madhya Pradesh.[2]

He joined politics from Jan Sangh and won 1977 Assembly election on Jan Sangh ticket. He is well noted for his support of aggressive stance against the Naxalites.[3] In 2006 he was noted for supporting the Salwa Judum.[4] By 2010 he was known to have looked at alternate methods for fighting terrorism.[5] He is also known for taking a strong stance against improper investigative techniques of the Chhattisgarh police.[6] He was also in controversy for suggesting that Swami Agnivesh was supporting Maoists.[7]

Political career

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Kanwar first unsuccessfully contested 1972 MP Assembly election from Rampur constituency as a candidate of Bharatiya Jana Sangh. He won 1977 Assembly election and became Parliamentary Secretary (Finance) and later Minister of state (Finance) in Janata Party Government of Madhya Pradesh. He won 1990 Assembly election and became Cabinet Minister in Sunder Lal Patwa ministry. Again, he lost 1993 Assembly election but won 1998, 2003 and 2008 consecutively. He became Cabinet Minister for Law, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and various departments in 2003 and Home Minister in 2008 in Raman Singh's ministry.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1977".
  2. ^ "Central Government Website of Cabinet Ministers". Central Government of India. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Chhattisgarh Police to adopt aggressive strategy against Naxalites". The Times of India. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. ^ "SC order on Salwa Judum stuns Chhattisgarh government". Rediff.com. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Chhattisgarh CM calls emergency meeting on anti-Naxal strategies". Rediff.com. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  6. ^ Ashutosh Bhardwaj (16 February 2012). "Chhattisgarh cops ignore minister order to lodge FIR". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  7. ^ Prakhar Jain (25 June 2011). "Swami Agnivesh is backing the Maoists". Tehelka. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  8. ^ http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/satra/third_assembly/3RD_ASSEMBLY.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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