Dharmjeet Singh Thakur (born 30 June 1953) is an Indian politician. He is current MLA from Takhatpur assembly constituency. He was elected to the

Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly or the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Raipur, the capital of the state. The Vidhan Sabha comprises 90 Mem ...

from

Lormi Lormi is a town and a Municipality and a Tehsil in Mungeli district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Geography Lormi is located at . It has an average elevation of 315 metres (1033 feet). Demographics India census, Lormi had a ...

in the

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as a member of the

Janta Congress Chhattisgarh Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) (; JCC) is a political party in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The party was founded by former Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi, after Jogi and his son Amit were expelled from Indian National Congress due to anti-pa ...

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Political career

Singh Started his political career from student politics. Dharamjit Singh learned the art of politics from

Vidya Charan Shukla Vidya Charan Shukla (2 August 1929 – 11 June 2013) was an Indian politician whose political career spanned six decades. He was predominantly a member of the Indian National Congress, but also had spells in Jan Morcha, Janata Dal, Samajw ...

has been his godfather. In 1998, he got Congress ticket for the first time from Lormi Assembly. And he defeated BJP's sitting MLA Muniram Sahu by 19000 votes. Along with becoming MLA for the first time, Dharamjit Singh also got the title of Excellent MLA. Later he also became the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. He joined

In 2016 and joined

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in August 2023 before

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. He is current MLA from Takhatpur.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thakur, Dharmjeet Singh 1953 births Living people Janta Congress Chhattisgarh politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh People from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh MLAs 2018–2023 Chhattisgarh MLAs 2003–2008 Chhattisgarh MLAs 2008–2013 People from Mungeli district Deputy speakers of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly