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.

Brijmohan Agrawal
Agrawal in 2013
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Sunil Soni
Constituency	Raipur
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Minister of Tourism, Minister of Education Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 13 December 2023 – 19 June 2024
Chief Minister	Vishnu Deo Sai
Preceded by	Ravindra Choubey (Parliamentary Affairs) Tamradhwaj Sahu (Tourism)
Succeeded by	Vishnu Deo Sai
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
In office December 2008 – 17 June 2024
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Sunil Kumar Soni
Constituency	Raipur South
In office 1990–2008
Preceded by	Swarupchand Jain
Succeeded by	constituency abolished
Constituency	Raipur Town
Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Ayacut, Water Resources, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 9 December 2013 – 11 December 2018
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Chandra Shekhar Sahu
Succeeded by	Ravindra Choubey
Minister of Parliamentary affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 22 December 2008 – 11 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Ajay Chandrakar
Succeeded by	Ajay Chandrakar
Minister of Public Works Department, School Education, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 8 December 2008 – 8 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Rajesh Munat
Succeeded by	Rajesh Munat
Minister of Culture and Tourism Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 7 December 2003 – 8 December 2013
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Dhanendra Sahu
Succeeded by	Ajay Chandrakar
Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 11 February 2006 – 7 December 2008
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Succeeded by	Lata Usendi
Cabinet Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management Rehabilitation, Law and Legislative Affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 18 June 2005 – 7 December 2008
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Nanki Ram Kanwar
Succeeded by	Amar Agrawal
Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005
Chief Minister	Dr. Raman Singh
Preceded by	Nandkumar Patel
Succeeded by	Ramvichar Netam
Minister of Labour Government of Chhattisgarh
In office 7 December 2003 – 18 June 2005
Chief Minister	Raman Singh
Preceded by	Shankar Sodhi
Succeeded by	Hemchand Yadav
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Local Administration, Urban development, Tourism and Culture, Science, Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office 1990–1992
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-01) 1 May 1959 Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, India (now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sunita Agrawal
Children	3
Residence(s)	Shankar Nagar, Raipur
Alma mater	Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University
Website	brijmohanagrawal.in
As of 30 October 2024

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.

External links

• Official website
• Brijmohan Agrawal Biography