Chaudhary Babulal (born 2 July 1948) is an

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from the state of

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. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the

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(

) constituency of the

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. As a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), he has been one of the prominent

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leaders of western Uttar Pradesh for more than three decades.

Personal life

Chaudhary was born on 2 July 1948 in the village of Panwari, near the city of

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, in a farming family of Raghunath Singh and Kiran Devi. He was educated at Raja Balwant Singh College,

to the Intermediate level. Chaudhary is married to Mahaviri Devi, and they have five sons and one daughter. Their eldest son, Rameshwar Chaudhary, ran in the

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s twice, for Agra in 1998 and Mathura in 1999, finishing in second place both times with 190,000 and 200,000 votes, respectively. He now operates a chain of degree colleges.

Political career

Since childhood, he was influenced by

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, the 5th

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and famous Jat leader from western Uttar Pradesh. He successfully contested the elections of Block Pramukh and Zila Panchayat Sadasya under the umbrella of the Panchayat General Election of the Uttar Pradesh Government. He was elected twice to the

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(13th Legislative Assembly, 1996–2002 and then 14th Legislative Assembly, 2002–2007) as a

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for the

constituency. He has served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Kumari

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(2002–03) and then in the Government of

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(2003–2007). He has been the Minister for various government departments including the Ministry of Food Processing, Pension, Rashtriya Bhasha and Maddah Nishedh. He is currently a member of the Committee on Defence and the Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution.

References

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