Paras Chandra Jain (born 20 June 1950) is a former Cabinet Minister of

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and New & Renewable Energy in

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. He represents

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 ...

North constituency in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, He is a

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from same constituency since 1990 to 1998 & 2003 to present. He is a senior leader of

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. From 2005 to 2013, he has been Minister of State in Madhya Pradesh Government for various departments, including Forest Department, School Education Department, Higher Education Department, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection Department. In December 2013, he was made Cabinet Minister of Department of School Education, and in cabinet reshuffle of 2016 was given responsibility of Energy Ministry.

Early life and education

Paras Jain was born in

to Late Shri Samrathmal Tallera and Shrimati Kailash Bai, his father was a grain merchant. He completed his B.Com 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 ...

and joined his father in the food grains’ trade after finishing education.

Early political career

Political journey of Paras Jain started from College life. He was an active member of

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, he held many offices and eventually joined

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. Before entering into electoral politics, he worked a lot for social causes, while he was an active

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Political career

He contested and won his first legislative assembly election in the year 1990 from Ujjain Constituency, when BJP came to power in the state, under the leadership of

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, riding on the Ayodhya movement, with 54.21% polling. On 6 December, President Rule was imposed in the state following the

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. In the elections that followed in 1993, BJP faced huge setback and

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came back to power in Madhya Pradesh, but Paras Jain successfully retained his seat from Ujjain. Digvijay Singh came back as

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in 1998, with Congress leading the state. This time Paras Jain also lost his seat, and faced defeat in the assembly election of 1998. Five years later, BJP under the aggressive leadership of

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, was triumphant at the

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Elections. This time, Paras Jain regained his Ujjain seat, winning the election with around 16000 votes. In the following Legislative Assembly elections of 2003 & 2008, Jain repeated his victory, with his winning margin increasing every time. When Uma Bharti stepped down as Chief Minister &

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became CM of Madhya Pradesh, in the cabinet of Gaur, Paras Jain got his first term as Minister in June 2005. He was made state minister of Forest Department. Later, he handled the Energy Ministry, School Education Ministry as State Minister. In

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's 2008 Ministry, he became State Minister for Higher Education. Later he was promoted to State Minister with Independent Charge for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection Department. In Shivraj Singh Chouhan's 2013 Ministry, the political stature of Paras Jain grew further, he became Cabinet Minister of School Education in 2013, and in the 2016 cabinet reshuffle he became Cabinet Minister of

and New & Renewable Energy. Since 2015, when

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was made National General Secretary of BJP, Paras Jain is the only Cabinet Minister from

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region in the

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Personal life

In his inner circles, he is known as "Paras Pehalwan". He is fond of exercising, and has also been associated with various sports and yoga activities. He married Angurbala Jain in 1978. They have two children, Swati and Sandesh. Being born in Ujjain, which is one of the religious cities of India, Paras Jain is highly spiritual and actively participates in number of culture, religious and social activities. Simhastha, one of the four fairs traditionally recognized as

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s is conducted in Ujjain, Paras Jain is member of Simhasth Central Committee and was involved closely in preparations of 2016 Simhastha.

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