Ramkrishna Kusmaria (born 30 July 1942) is an

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from Madhya Pradesh. He was a five-time Member of Parliament and four-time MLA. He won as MP, four times from Damoh Constituency, and once from Khajuraho Constituency. He was a member of

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Early life and education

Kusmaria was born in Sakor. His father Kanhaiyalal Kusumaria was a farmer. He is a post-graduate with an M.Sc. in Agriculture and later he also completed his doctorate from

Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya (Rani Durgavati University), also known as University of Jabalpur, is a government university in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was named after the queen Rani Durgavati. History The university was constitu ...

, Jabalpur.

Career

Kusmaria was elected as MLA for the first time from

Hatta Assembly constituency Hatta is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951, as one of the Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state. This constituen ...

in Damoh in 1977 as

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candidate. Again in 1985 he was elected as MLA from

as a BJP candidate. Later in 1990, he was elected for the third time as MLA from

. After a stint in the Parliament for five terms from 1991 to 2008, he was elected as MLA for the fourth time but shifted to

Pathariya Assembly constituency Pathariya Assembly constituency (formerly Patharia) is one of the 230 Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1961, follow ...

, also on BJP ticket in 2008, and resigned from the Lok Sabha on 19 December 2008. He also became Minister of Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development in the

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. In 2018, he lost the Assembly Election as an independent from Damoh Constituency and Pathariya Constituency. He contested from two seats as a BJP rebel candidate. After an internal survey, Chief Minister Chouhan dropped many non-performing sitting MLAs, including Kusmaria.

Five terms in Parliament

He was elected as a Member of the Parliament from Damoh Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh representing BJP for the first time in 1991. He went on to win the next four Lok Sabha elections and was a member of the 10th, 11th,

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and 14th

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. After representing Damoh constituency from 1991 to 2004, he contested the 14th Lok Sabha from Khajuraho constituency also on BJP ticket and won. He is also a president of Bundelkhand Development Authority from 2016 to 2019. He is appointed as chairman of state backward classes commission in year 2023. He joined

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on 8 February 2019, but returned to

on 3 July 2020.

References

External links

Lok Sabha Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kusmaria, Ramkrishna Living people 1942 births Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh People from Damoh India MPs 2004–2009 People from Chhatarpur district India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013 People from Khajuraho