Brijmohan Agrawal

Brijmohan Agrawal is an Indian politician and former Home minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Brijmohan Agrawal
Member of Vidhan Sabha, Chhattisgarh
Assumed office
December 2008
ConstituencyRaipur South
In office
1990–2008
Preceded bySwarupchand Jain
ConstituencyRaipur Town
Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Ayacut, Water Resources, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
9 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Preceded byChandra Shekhar Sahu
Succeeded byRavindra Choubey
Minister of Parliamentary affairs,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
22 December 2008 – 11 December 2013
Preceded byAjay Chandrakar
Succeeded byAjay Chandrakar
Minister of Public Works Department, School Education,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
8 December 2008 – 8 December 2013
Preceded byRajesh Munat
Succeeded byRajesh Munat
Minister of Culture and Tourism
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
7 December 2003 – 8 December 2013
Preceded byDhanendra Sahu
Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
11 February 2006 – 7 December 2008
Succeeded byLata Usendi
Cabinet Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Rehabilitation, Law and Legislative Affairs,
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
18 June 2005 – 7 December 2008
Preceded byNanki Ram Kanwar
Succeeded byAmar Agrawal
Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005
Chief MinisterDr. Raman Singh
Preceded byNandkumar Patel
Succeeded byRamvichar Netam
Minister of Labour
Government of Chhattisgarh
In office
7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005
Preceded byShankar Sodhi
Succeeded byHemchand Yadav
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Local Administration, Urban development, Tourism and Culture, Science, Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
1990–1992
Personal details
Born (1959-05-01) 1 May 1959
Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, India
(now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)Shankar Nagar, Raipur
Websitebrijmohanagrawal.in
As of 29 April 2023

Political 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 restructured and divided into 9 seats & Agrawal 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. Again, in 2013 he won Raipur City South seat 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 and is currently an MLA from the same constituency.[2]

References
  1. "Baghel following PM Modi's footsteps: BJP's Brijmohan Agrawal after Chhattisgarh CM announces construction of Amar Jawan Jyoti in Raipur". ANI News. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  2. "Chhattisgarh State Chief Ministers and Ministers List of 2013–2018 Assembly". Chhattisgarh Vidhansabha.
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