Ramnivas Rawat (born 21 January 1960) is an Indian politician serving as
Madhya Pradesh Working President of the
Indian National Congress
.
He started his political career in
Indian Youth Congress and had been the five-time legislator from Vijaypur constituency in Madhya Pradesh
Vijaypur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and cabinet minister in the
Government of Madhya Pradesh in
Digvijaya Singh cabinet. He unsuccessfully contested for Indian parliament in 2019 against BJP leader
Narendra Singh Tomar.
Personal life
Rawat was born on 21 January 1960 to Late Ganesh Prasad Rawat and Bhanti bai in Sunvai Tehsil in
Vijaypur in
Madhya Pradesh. He graduated with a
Bachelor of Science degree and later earned a Masters with Gold Medal in History and
LLB. Rawat is married to Uma Rawat, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.
Political career
Five Term MLA Rawat entered politics through
Indian Youth Congress in 1986. He was first elected as MLA from
Vijaypur in 1990 and then in 1993. Rawat was inducted as Cabinet Minister in 1993 in
Digvijay Singh cabinet. Subsequently, he won his elections from
Vijaypur constituency in 2003, 2008 and 2013.
In 2018 Assembly election, he lost to his nearest rival by 2890 votes from Vijaypur constituency. In 2019
Loksabha election, he contested against
Narendra Singh Tomar and lost by 1,13,341 votes from Morena Lok Sabha.
Rawat is member of All Indian Congress Committee and working president of
Madhya Pradesh Congress.
References
See also
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Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
A Legislative Assembly election was held on 25 November 2013 in Madhya Pradesh, India, with the result announced on 8 December. Along with four other state assembly elections, these were the first elections in which the Election Commission of Indi ...
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2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was declared by the Election Commission of India on 14 October 2008. Elections for 230 seats took place on 27 November 2008, and counting started on 8 December. The Bharatiya Janata Party won ...
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Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh
Living people
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2003–2008
1960 births
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1990–1992
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1993–1998
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013
Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2013–2018