Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi
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
[edit | edit source]He was born on 2nd 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
[edit | edit source]- Janata Party MLA , Kota (Rajasthan) (1977-1980)
- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA , Kota (Rajasthan) (1980-1985)
- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA , Kota (Rajasthan) (1985-1990)
- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA , Kota (Rajasthan) (1990-1992)
- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA , Kota (Rajasthan) (1993-1998)
- Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan) (2004-2010)
Offices held
[edit | edit source]- Cabinet Minister, Govt of Rajasthan (1977-1978)
- Cabinet Minister, Govt of Rajasthan (1990-1992)
- Cabinet Minister, Govt of Rajasthan (1993-1998)
- State Organising Secretary, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Rajasthan, 1966-71
- State General Secretary (i) Janata Party, 1977-80 (ii) Bharatiya Janata Party, 1980-85 and 1998-2003
- State President Bhartiya Janta Party Rajasthan (1987-1989 & 2004-2006)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Parliament of India member homepage
- https://sansad.in/rs/members/biography/1961?from=search
- https://rajasthanlink.com/VanuDetails/kota/assembly-6/57516/lalit-kishor-chaturvedi-mla
- https://rajasthan.bjp.org/lt-shri-lalit-kishor-chaturvedi
- Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan
- 1931 births
- 2015 deaths
- Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India)
- Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan
- Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Presidents of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan
- Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party politician stubs