Nand Kumar Patel
Nand Kumar Patel | |
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Nand Kumar Patel inaugurating Government school
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MLA, Chhattisgarh | |
In office 1990 – May 25, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Arjun Singh |
Constituency | Kharsia |
President, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee | |
In office April 2011 – May 25, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Dhanendra Shahu |
First Home minister of Chhattisgarh | |
In office November 2000 – December 2003 |
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Succeeded by | Brijmohan Agarawal |
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Born | Nandeli Village, India |
8 November 1953
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Residence | Nandeli, Raigarh District |
Nand Kumar Patel (8 November 1953 – 25 May 2013) was an Indian National Congress politician from the Chhattisgarh. He won the legislative election from the Kharsia Assembly Constituency five times in a row (1990, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008).[1]
He was a cabinet minister in the state governments of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He was kidnapped and killed by Naxalites during the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley.[2]
On 25 May 2013, several Congress leaders were killed in a Naxalite attack on a Congress convoy. At first, Naxalites kidnapped Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh Patel keeping up the hopes of their coming back alive.[2] However, their bullet-ridden bodies were found in the Jiram valley in the Bastar district the next day.[3]
On the 27 May, the Naxalites claimed responsibility for the attack by issuing a statement which called it a punishment for atrocities committed by the Salwa Judum who is counter-Naxalite paramilitary forces in the Bastar area and that it was originally targeted at its leader, Mahendra Karma.[4]
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Preceded by | Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh December 1998 to October 2000 |
Succeeded by Mahendra Baudh |
Preceded by
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First Home Minister of Chhattisgarh November 2000 to December 2003 |
Succeeded by Brijmohan Agrawal |