Tulsi Silawat

Tulsi Ram Silawat is a cabinet minister in Madhya Pradesh state government and member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Sanwer constituency of Indore district two times.[3][4] He took oath as a cabinet minister of new MP government on 25 December 2018.[5] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 March 2020 and took Oath on 21 April 2020 as the Minister of Water Resources of Madhya Pradesh under CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Cabinet formation. 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 has to be elected to an assembly within 6 months of being appointed minister.

Tulsiram Silawat
Cabinet Minister, Madhya Pradesh Government
Assumed office
3 January 2021
Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
December 2018
Preceded byRajesh Sonkar
ConstituencySanwer
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byPrakash Sonkar
Succeeded byRajesh Sonkar
ConstituencySanwer
In office
1985–1990
Succeeded byPrakash Sonkar
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Madhya Pradesh Government
In office
December 2018  March 2020
Preceded byRustam Singh
Vice President of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
1998–2003
Minister of Water Resources, Madhya Pradesh government
Assumed office
21 April 2020
Personal details
Born (1954-11-05) 5 November 1954[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSunita Silawat[2]
ChildrenNitish Silawat,Chinmayee Silawat
ResidenceIndore
EducationMA LLB Part 1
Alma materIndore University
ProfessionAgriculturist, politician

Career

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.[6][7][8]

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