Bhopal: Minister for SC/ST welfare Gyan
Singh
is a seven-time legislator from
Bandhavgarh
, one of eight assembly constituencies in
Shahdol Lok Sabha
seat.
Born on May 22, 1953, Gyan Singh started his political career with Praja
Socialist Party in 1966. He was elected to the state legislature for the first time in 1977 and became minister of state for planning and statistics. In 1980, he was elected president of
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
and later became Shahdol district BJP president.
He was minister for jails in the Sundarlal Patwa BJP government. He was elected MP from Shahdol in 1996 and 1998. In 2013, he was elected
MLA for the seventh time from Bandhavgarh and sworn in as a cabinet minister in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.
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