Kantilal Bhuria

Kantilal Bhuria
Kantilal Bhuria
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2015–2019
Preceded by	Dileep Singh Bhuria
Succeeded by	Guman Singh Damor
	In office; 1998–2014
Preceded by	Dileep Singh Bhuria
Succeeded by	Dileep Singh Bhuria
Constituency	Ratlam
Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
	In office; 24 May 2004 – 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
	In office; 31 May 2009 – 19 July 2011
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Personal details
Born	1 June 1950 (age 73); Jhabua, Madhya Bharat, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Kalpana Bhuria
Children	2 sons ; Sandeep Bhuria ; Vikrant Bhuria
Parents	Nanu Ram Bhuria (father); Ladki Bai (mother);
Residence	Jhabua
Education	M. A., LLB
Alma mater	Chandrashekhar Azad College, Jhabua
Profession	Politician
	As of 29 May, 2018; Source: [1]

Kantilal Bhuria (born 1 June 1950) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress and was till July 2011 the Minister of Tribal Affairs of the Republic of India.^[1] He had been promoted to the rank of cabinet minister in the United Progressive Alliance-2 government, led by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009. Earlier, he was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.^[2] His successor, the new Minister of Tribal Affairs is V Kishore Chandra Deo, another Congressman.

Kantilal Bhuria assumes the charge of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food in New Delhi on May 25, 2004

Bhuria was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from Jhabua constituency in Madhya Pradesh and in 2009 from Ratlam. He lost 2014 General Election from Ratlam but won the bye-poll in 2015. He lost in 2019 General Election again, but was elected to Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha later in 2019 when he won a bye-poll in Jhabua (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

References[edit]

↑ "Council of Ministers - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". India.gov.in. Government of India. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
↑ "Detailed Profile: Shri Kantilal Bhuria".

External links[edit]

Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website

Political offices
Preceded by unknown	Minister of Tribal Affairs unknown	Incumbent

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[1] "Council of Ministers - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". India.gov.in. Government of India. Archived from the original on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2010.

[2] "Detailed Profile: Shri Kantilal Bhuria".

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