Gauri Shankar Bisen

Gaurishankar Bisen (born 1 January 1952) is a former cabinet minister in Government of Madhya Pradesh. He represents as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Balaghat constituency of Madhya Pradesh since 2008. He is a member and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.

Political career On 10 March 1985, Bisen was elected to the 8th Vidhan Sabha from the Balaghat Legislative Constituency of Madhya Pradesh. He has been elected five times for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the 13th Vidhan Sabha Balaghat Legislative Constituency of Madhya Pradesh, with a margin of over 10,000 votes on 8 December 2008. In 1998 and 2004 he was elected to the 12th and 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House) from the Balaghat Parliamentary Constituency of Madhya Pradesh. He became a cabinet minister under the Madhya Pradesh government headed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 20 December 2008.

Positions held YearPosition Held 1985–2003 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (four terms)Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableMember, Committee on Public UndertakingsMember, Estimates CommitteeMember, Public Accounts CommitteeMember, Library Committee 1991–98 Member, Committee on Public Works DepartmentMember, Committee on IrrigationMember, Committee on Higher Education 1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha 1998–99 Member, Committee on DefenceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways 2001–04 President, State Kissan Morcha, B.J.P. 2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Member, Committee on Energy June 2005 State Vice President, B.J.P., Madhya PradeshMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House Member, Standing Committee on Energy