Brijmohan Agrawal

Brijmohan Agrawal (born 1 May 1959) is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He is a member of the Lok Sabha from Raipur. He was an eight time Member of Vidhan Sabha representing Raipur Town & later Raipur City South from 1990 till 2024. He served as minister in several departments of the Madhya Pradesh government and, after formation, the Chhattisgarh government. Most recently he was in Sai cabinet from 2023 to 2024. He is a senior member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education Agrawal is from Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He married Sunita and they have three children. He completed his M.Com. in 1982 at Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.

Career He was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1990 from Raipur Town Constituency and was re-elected in 1993 and 1998 from the same constituency. After the creation of Chhattisgarh out of Madhya Pradesh, he was elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2003 from same seat and became Cabinet Minister for Home, Prison, Culture and Tourism. He was given charge of Revenue, Culture, and Tourism, Law and Rehabilitation in 2005 and additional charge of forest, sports and youth Affairs in 2006.

In 2008, Raipur Town seat got delimitised and divided into 4 seats and he contested from Raipur City South and won by margin of 65,686 and became Cabinet Minister for School Education, Public Works Department, Parliamentary Affairs, Tourism, and Endowment Trust Culture in second Raman Singh's Ministry. He retained the seat in 2013 from Raipur City South by margin of 34,799 and became Cabinet Minister for Agriculture & Bio-Technology, Animal Husbandry, Fish Rearing, Water Resources, Irrigation, Ayacut and Religious Trusts & Endowment in Raman Singh Third ministry. In 2018, he reached the assembly from Raipur South for the third time in a row with 77,589 votes. in 2023, for the fourth In the 2018 elections, Agrawal was the MLA with the lowest winning margin.

In the 2023 assembly elections, he became MLA for the eighth consecutive time. This was his fourth consecutive win from Raipur South in which he defeated Mahant Ramsundar Das of Dudhdhari Math by a huge margin. After which he became the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Tourism and Education in the Vishnudev Sai government.

Four months after becoming a minister, he contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Raipur on BJP ticket and won the election by a huge margin. Agrawal defeated his closest rival Vikas Upadhyay of the Congress by about 5.75 lakh votes. It was one of the biggest electoral victories in the country in 2024 elections.

Electoral history

Positions held Brijmohan Agrawal has been elected 8 times as MLA and currently serves as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. From To Position Party 1. 1990 1993 MLA (1st term) in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Raipur City BJP 2. 1993 1998 MLA (2nd term) in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Raipur CityMinister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, Science & Technology in Government of MP BJP 3. 1998 2003 MLA (3rd term) in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1998–2000) and Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly (2000–2003) from Raipur City BJP 4. 2003 2008 MLA (4th term) from Raipur City SouthCabinet Minister (Home, Jail, Public Works Department) in Government of Chhattisgarh BJP 5. 2008 2013 MLA (5th term) from Raipur City SouthCabinet Minister (School Education, Public Works Department, Tourism & Culture) BJP 6. 2013 2018 MLA (6th term) from Raipur City SouthCabinet Minister (Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Water Resources) BJP 7. 2018 2023 MLA (7th term) from Raipur City South BJP 8. 2023 2024 MLA (8th term) from Raipur City South (resigned in 2024)Cabinet Minister (School Education, Higher Education, Tourism & Culture) BJP 9. 2024 Present MP (1st term) in 18th Lok Sabha from Raipur BJP