Brijmohan Agrawal
Brijmohan Agrawal is an Indian politician and former Home minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party
Brijmohan Agrawal | |
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| Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Ayacut, Water Resources, Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| In office 9 December 2013 – 11 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Shekhar Sahu |
| Succeeded by | Ravindra Choubey |
| Minister of Parliamentary affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| In office 22 December 2008 – 11 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Ajay Chandrakar |
| Succeeded by | Ajay Chandrakar |
| Minister of Public Works Department, School Education, Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| In office 8 December 2008 – 8 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Rajesh Munat |
| Succeeded by | Rajesh Munat |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| In office 7 December 2003 – 8 December 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Dhanendra Sahu |
| Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| In office 11 February 2006 – 7 December 2008 | |
| Succeeded by | Lata 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 by | Nanki Ram Kanwar |
| Succeeded by | Amar Agrawal |
| Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| In office 7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005 | |
| Chief Minister | Dr. Raman Singh |
| Preceded by | Nandkumar Patel |
| Succeeded by | Ramvichar Netam |
| Minister of Labour Government of Chhattisgarh | |
| In office 7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Shankar Sodhi |
| Succeeded by | Hemchand Yadav |
| Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Local Administration, Urban development, Tourism and Culture, Science, Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
| In office 1990–1992 | |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2008 | |
| Constituency | Raipur City South |
| In office 1990 – 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Swarupchand Jain |
| Constituency | Raipur Town |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 May 1959 Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, India (now in Chhattisgarh, India) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sarita Agrawal |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Ramsagar Para, Raipur |
| Website | brijmohanagrawal |
| As of 2 January 2019 | |
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 renamed as Raipur City South. In 2008, he contested election from Raipur City South constituency and won by margin of 24934 and became Cabinet Minister for School Education, Public Works Department, Parliamentary Affairs, Tourism, and Endowment Trust Culture in second Raman Singh's Ministry. Again, he won Raipur City South seat by margin of 34799 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.[1][2]