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{{Infobox politician
| name = Prem Sai Singh Tekam
| image = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = 14 September 1954
| birth_place = [[Pratappur, Chhattisgarh|Pratappur]], [[Surajpur district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
| residence = 
| office1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Pratappur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency|Pratappur]]
| term_start1 = 2018
| term_end1 = 
| predecessor1 = 
| successor1 = 
| office2 = [[Cabinet minister|Cabinet Minister]]
| term_start2 = 2018
| term_end2 = July 2023
| office3 = Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Planning Commission
| term_start3 = July 2023
| term_end3 = Incumbent
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Rama Singh
| children = 2
}}
'''Prem Sai Singh Tekam''' (born 14 September 1954) is an Indian politician hailing from [[Chhattisgarh]], India. He is presently serves as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from Chhattisgarh's [[Pratappur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency|Pratappur assembly constituency]], a position he has held since 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pratappur Assembly Election Result: CONG's DR. PREMSAI SINGH TEKAM is won by 44105 Votes |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/chhattisgarh-election/article/pratappur-assembly-constituency-election-2018-chhattisgarh-polls-bjp-ram-sewak-paikra-congress/312582 |publisher=[[Times Now]] |date=December 12, 2018}}</ref> Tekam is affiliated with the [[Indian National Congress]].

He assumed the responsibilities of the [[Baghel ministry|Education Minister of Chhattisgarh]] in 2018 and continued in that capacity until his resignation in July 2023. He also served as the Minister of Scheduled Castes and Tribal Welfare, Minister of Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare, Minister of School Education, and Minister of Co-operation in the Chhattisgarh state government.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chhattisgarh minister Premsai Singh Tekam resigns |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/chhattisgarh-minister-premsai-singh-tekam-resigns-1236662.html |publisher=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=13 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chhattisgarh education minister resigns, ex-Congress chief likely to take over |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/chhattisgarh-education-minister-premsai-singh-tekam-resigns-ex-congress-chief-mohan-markam-take-over-2406146-2023-07-13 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=July 13, 2023}}</ref>

In July 2023, he was appointed as the Chairman of the State Planning Commission and he retained the status of a cabinet minister in Chhattisgarh.<ref>{{cite news |title=डॉ प्रेमसाय सिंह टेकाम को मिली बड़ी जिम्मेदारी, बनाए गए राज्य योजना आयोग के अध्यक्ष |url=https://www.rajexpress.co/india/chhattisgarh/dr-premsai-singh-tekam-got-a-big-responsibility-made-the-chairman-of-the-state-planning-commission |publisher=Raj Express |date=14 July 2023}}</ref>

== Education ==
He graduated with a [[B.A.M.S.]] degree from Govt Ayurvedic College Raipur (Pt. Ravi Shankar College Raipur) in 1980.<ref>{{cite news |title=DR. PREMSAI SINGH TEKAM |url=https://myneta.info/chhattisgarh2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=1912 |publisher=My Neta Info}}</ref>

== Career ==
He was elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for the first time in the year 1980, followed by winning assembly elections in 1985, 1993, 1998, and 2018. In 1993, he was appointed as the minister handling the portfolio of Water Resources and Legal Legislative Affairs Department in [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]. In 1995, he was appointed as the minister of the Forest Department of Madhya Pradesh. He served as the minister of Revenue and Rehabilitation in the MP government from 1999 to 2000. In 2000, he became a cabinet minister, overseeing the portfolios of Agriculture, Cooperation, Animal Husbandry, and Fisheries in the [[Government of Chhattisgarh]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Introduction |url=https://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/mla_ex/3rdass/06.pdf |website=cgvidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref>

From 2018 to 2023, he held the position of Education Minister in the [[Baghel ministry]].
== Controversies ==
In September 2022, Prem Sai Singh Tekam made a controversial remark, suggesting that liquor unites people, during a de-addiction campaign program where he was invited to address the audience. While referencing ''[[Madhushala]]'', a poem by poet and writer [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]], he defended alcohol and declared that people should exercise greater self-control. A video of his statement widely circulated on social media and it garnered criticism.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liquor unites all: Chhattisgarh education minister at de-addiction event |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/liquor-unites-all-chhattisgarh-education-minister-de-addiction-event-1995383-2022-09-01 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=September 5, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=‘Many benefits to alcohol’: Chhattisgarh minister at de-addiction event |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/many-benefits-attached-to-alcohol-chhattisgarh-minister-in-viral-video-101662025699104.html |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=September 1, 2022}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh]]

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