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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| birth_date = 10 Jan 1972
| residence =[[Badnawar]]
| office = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|constituency = [[Badnawar]]
| predecessor2 = Khemraj Patidar
|term_start = [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| constituency2 = [[Badnawar]]
| termend2 = [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
| termstart2 = [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]]
| predecessor = [[Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat]]
| successor =
| education = Post Graduate
|children=
| alma_mater =
| profession = Agriculture
| party =[[Bharatiya Janta Party]]

|father = Prem Singh Dattigaon
| footnotes =
| date = 23 Oct |
| year = 2018 |
| source =
{{cite web|url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/12thvs/12-211.PDF |title=Biography:Dattigaon, Rajvardhan Singh|publisher=Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly}}
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'''Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon''' is an Indian politician and a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He is currently serving as Industry Policy and Investment Promotion minister in the Madhya Pradesh government.<ref>[https://theprint.in/politics/scindia-faction-wins-gets-plum-depts-in-shivraj-singh-chouhans-cabinet-allocation-in-mp/459720/ Scindia faction wins, gets plum depts in Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s cabinet allocation in MP], July 13, 2020, The Print.</ref> He belongs to the royal family of Dattigaon [[Jagir]] and is a titular head of the princely estate. He is also known as [[Maharaja]] or Rao Saheb of Dattigaon.<ref>[http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/dattigaon Dattigaon Jagir], India Rajputs.</ref> He represents [[Badnawar]] in the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|state legislative assembly]] which comes under [[Dhar]] district of [[Madhya Pradesh]] and is a four-time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]].<ref name="iinet">[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/d/dattigaon.html DATTIGAON (Jagir)]</ref><ref>[http://www.mp.gov.in/en/mla List of MLAs], Government of MP, India.</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Rajvardhan was born on 10 January 1972 at [[Jaipur]]<ref name="mpvs">[http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/12thvs/12-211.PDF Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha]</ref> to Prem Singh and Kusum Kumari.<ref name="iinet" /> His father was a politician and an MLA. He did his schooling from [[Mayo College]], [[Ajmer]] and then went to pursue [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephens College]] in [[Delhi]]. He did his post-graduation from Indian Institute of Mass Communication in Advertising and Public Relations.<ref>[http://myneta.info/mp2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=1090 National Election Watch], Association for Democratic Reforms.</ref>

== Political career ==
After his education, he joined Lufthansa as a marketing manager but left the job to contest his first election as an independent candidate. As per his statement in the media, he did so to avenge the insult to his father, who was denied ticket by the Congress party in 1998.<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jyotiraditya-scindia-kamal-nath-government-madhya-pradesh-crisis-gwalior-region6313311/ Catching 22], Aug 13, 2020, The Indian Express.</ref> Thereafter, he joined Congress and was appointed as General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth Congress]].<ref>[http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/13thvs/13-202.PDF Madhya Pradesh VIdhan Sabha], Information Till 10 Dec 2013.</ref> He was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Assembly in 2003,<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/election/2003/nov/28mp2.htm Royals fight it out in Madhya Pradesh], Rediff.com.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2003/nov/01mp1.htm | title=List of Congress candidates for Madhya Pradesh assembly election | date=2 November 2003 | publisher=Rediff.com | accessdate=11 July 2019 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/madhya-pardesh-2003/222226 Madhya Pardesh 2003], Outlook.</ref><ref>[https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S12/partycomp211.htm 211 - Badnawar Assembly Constituency], Election Commission of India.</ref> secondly in 2008<ref>[http://myneta.info/2008mp/candidate.php?candidate_id=137 Madhya Pradesh 2008], Myneta.info.</ref><ref>[http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/Affidavits/202/RajvardhanSingh/RajvardhanSingh.htm Affidavit Regarding Assets/Liabilities], Assembly Election 2008 - Affidavits filed by Candidate.</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/assembly-elections-2013/madhya-pradesh-assembly-elections/Madhya-Pradesh-Congress-first-list-of-candidates-expected-around-Dussehra/articleshow/23658783.cms?from=mdr Madhya Pradesh Congress first list of candidates expected around Dussehra], The Times of India.</ref> and thirdly in 2018. However, he soon resigned as he was denied a ministerial berth.<ref>[https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh/congress-mla-rajvardhan-singh-dattigaon-warns-of-resignation-in-mp/483564 कमलनाथ कैबिनेट बनने के बाद खींचतान तेज, कांग्रेस विधायक ने दी इस्तीफे की चेतावनी], Dec 28, 2018, Zee News.</ref>

In mid-2018, he was appointed as a member of election campaign committee and General Secretary in state Congress unit. In order to oversee the efforts of party for 2018 assemble election, he was made in-charge of [[Ujjain]] division too.<ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/mp/rajgarh-dhar/news/latest-rajgarh-news-045003-1864603.html Event Organized in the Memory of Prem Singh], Dainik Bhaskar.</ref><ref>[https://www.patrika.com/dhar-news/district-congress-president-s-chair-no-longer-in-danger-3073919/ District Congress President's Chair No Longer in Danger], Patrika.</ref> In 2014, Congress President Sonia Gandhi gave him the charge of [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref>[https://www.heraldgoa.in/The-Sunday-Roundtable/The-Sunday-Roundtable/cong-leaders-allocated-poll-duty/63671.html Cong leaders allocated poll duty], Herald News.</ref>

During [[2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis]], he supported [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]] and was one of the 22 MLAs who resigned.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jyotiraditya-scindia-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/74561583.cms|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from Congress, more than 20 party MLAs quit|date=2020-03-10|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title =22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/22-rebel-cong-mlas-whose-resignation-led-to-fall-of-kamal-nath-govt-join-bjp-11584797981690.html|publisher=Live Mint}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/03/21/22-rebel-madhya-pradesh-congress-mlas-join-bjp.html 22 rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs join BJP]</ref> Thereafter, he joined [[Bharatiya Janata party]]. He took oath as a Cabinet Minister on July 14, 2020 and was assigned the responsibility of Industry Policy and Investment Promotion.<ref>[https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/bhopal-mp-cabinet-portfolio-34-minister-got-departments-in-madhya-pradesh-5728362 MP Cabinet Portfolio : मध्य प्रदेश में मंत्रियों को हुआ विभागों का बंटवारा, जानिए किसे मिला कौन सा विभाग], July 14, 2020, Nai Dunia.</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni]]
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