Jagdish Devda is an Indian politician from the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

currently serving as the

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Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

alongside with Rajendra Shukla. He is representing Malhargarh Assembly constituency as an MLA for the 6th time in

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 ...

Early life

Devda completed the Master of Arts and Law degree from

Vikram University Vikram University is located in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India. The university was named after the ruler Vikramaditya. It was established in 1957. It was evaluated by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and was awarded B++ gra ...

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Political career

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Madhya Pradesh on 2023 elections in India, 17 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 230 members of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The resu ...

, Devda won the Malhargarh Assembly constituency as a

candidate which he has been representing since the last 6 elections. On December 13, 2023, Devda was appointed Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh along with Rajendra Shukla in the Ministry of Mohan Yadav. He also had the responsibility of Finance & Commercial Tax in the

Government of Madhya Pradesh The Government of Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP) or Madhya Pradesh Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and its 55 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the governor of Madhya Prade ...

References

Vikram University alumni 1957 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2023–2028 People from Mandsaur district Deputy chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh {{MadhyaPradesh-BJP-politician-stub