Vijay Baghel (born 15 August 1959) is an Indian politician who serves as the

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha ( abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections ...

from

Durg Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg- Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg- Bhilai is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Rai ...

as a member of 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 ...

Education

Vijay Baghel hold a post graduate degree in Sociology from Pandit Ravishanker University, Raipur.

Political career

Baghel was first elected to Bhilai Municipal Council in 2000 as an Independent candidate. He contested 2003 Assembly election from Patan constituency as a candidate

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the List of political parties in India#State parties, state parties in India and is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Maharashtra with a recognised state party statu ...

but lost to

Bhupesh Baghel Bhupesh Baghel (born 23 August 1960), popularly known as Kaka, is an Indian politician who served as the third Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023. He has been the president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee, Chhattisgarh ...

. Again, he contested 2008 Assembly election as a BJP candidate and won. He defeating

of Congress by a margin of 7,842 votes and became Parliamentary Secretary to Home Minister Nanki Ram Kanwar. Again, Baghel contested 2013 Assembly election against

but failed to retain the seat. In the 2019 general election, he contested against Pratima Chandrakar of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

from

and won by margin of 3,91,978 votes.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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