Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi

Former BJP President Rajasthan and Former Cabinet Minister Government of Rajasthan.

Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi (2 August 1931 – 5 April 2015) was an Indian politician who was one of the founding Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in Rajasthan. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha. He was cabinet minister in earlier state BJP ministries with responsibilities of important portfolios.[1] He was earlier state president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan .. He had a Master of Science degree in physics. He was imprisoned in 1949 while participating in satyagraha to lift ban on RSS during 1948-50; organized movement against emergency and remained in jail for eighteen months, 1974-76. He was the only cabinet minister to have resigned for Ram Mandir movement in 1991.

Early life

He was born on 2 August 1931 in Kota (Rajasthan), he had done MSc in Physics and was working as lecturer in various government colleges (from 1954-1966). He was married to Urmila Chaturvedi.

Electoral history

  1. Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1977-1980)
  2. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1980-1985)
  3. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1985-1990)
  4. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1990-1992)
  5. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1993-1998)
  6. Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan) (2004-2010)

Offices held

  1. Cabinet Minister, Govt of Rajasthan (1977-1978)
  2. Cabinet Minister, Govt of Rajasthan (1990-1992)
  3. Cabinet Minister, Govt of Rajasthan (1993-1998)
  4. State Organising Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Rajasthan, 1966–71
  5. State General Secretary (i) Janata Party, 1977-80 (ii) Bharatiya Janata Party, 1980–85 and 1998-2003
  6. State President Bhartiya Janta Party Rajasthan (1987-1989 & 2004-2006)

References

  1. ↑ "Former BJP MP Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi passes away". The Economic Times. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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