Raghavji (born 7 July 1934) is an Indian politician. He was a member of
Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
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
Vidisha
Vidisha (विदिशा, formerly known as Bhelsa and known as Besnagar and Bhaddilpur in ancient times) is a city in Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Vidisha district. It is located 62.5 km north ...
. He had been a member of the
Lok Sabha
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and the
Rajya Sabha
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. He served as a cabinet minister (finance minister) in the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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ministry in
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 ...
state until early July 2013. He resigned over allegations of sexually harassing domestic help on 5 July 2013. He was expelled from the BJP and later arrested from an apartment in Bhopal on 5 July 2013. Almost 10 years later, MP high court later quashed the FIR against him in June 2023.
References
External links
Profile (Hindi) on MP Vidhan Sabha website
Living people
1934 births
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh
India MPs 1977–1979
India MPs 1989–1991
People from Vidisha
Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh
State cabinet ministers of Madhya Pradesh
Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh
Janata Party politicians
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