Anil Firojiya (born 14 July 1971; ) is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament in the

17th Lok Sabha The 17th Lok Sabha was formed by the members elected in the 2019 Indian general election. Elections, all across India, were conducted in seven phases from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 by the Election Commission of India. Counting started offici ...

from

Ujjain Ujjain (, , old name Avantika, ) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative as well as religious centre of Ujjain ...

. He was elected in the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and vote ...

as member of the

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. Firojiya was member of the

Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the ''Vidh ...

from the Tarana constituency in Ujjain district from 2013 to 2018.

Personal life

Firojiya was born on 14 July 1971 to Bhurelal Firojiya and Javetri Firojiya in

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. He is a

Bachelor of Commerce A Bachelor of Commerce (BCom or B Com) is an undergraduate degree in commerce, accounting, mathematics, economics, and management-related subjects. The degree is mainly offered in Commonwealth nations. Structure Bachelor of Commerce The Bac ...

graduate from Government Madhav Arts and Commerce College, Ujjain. Firojiya is married to Sandhya Firojiya, with whom he has two daughters.

Political career

Firojiya was the

member from the

Tarana ''Tarana'' is a type of composition in Hindustani classical music, Hindustani classical vocal music in which certain words (e.g. "odani", "todani", "tadeem" and "yalali") based on Persian language, Persian and Arabic language, Arabic phonemes are ...

from 2013 to 2018. In 2019, he was elected as the Member of Parliament from

. From 24 July 2019 onwards, he is a member of the Committee on Welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. He is also a member of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution and the Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs since 13 September 2019.

References

Politicians from Ujjain Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2013–2018 Living people India MPs 2019–2024 1971 births India MPs 2024–2029 Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub