Ajit Jogi
| Ajit Jogi | |
|---|---|
| Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | |
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In office 9 November 2000 – 6 December 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Post Created |
| Succeeded by | Raman Singh |
| MP | |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Constituency | Mahasamund |
| MLA | |
| Preceded by | Ram Dayal Uike |
| Succeeded by | Amit Jogi |
| Constituency | Marwahi (ST) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 April 1946 Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh |
| Political party | Chhattisgarh Janata Congress |
| Other political affiliations |
Indian National Congress (till 2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Renu Jogi |
| Children | Amit Jogi |
| Residence | Raipur |
| Religion | practicing Schedule Tribe Christian |
Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (born April 29, 1946), in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, was the first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. He was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.
Jogi studied Mechanical Engineering at the Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal, winning the University Gold Medal in 1968. After having worked briefly as a lecturer at the Government Engineering College, Raipur, he was selected for the Indian Police Service and Indian Administrative Service.
During the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha election over the Mahasamund seat, eleven independent candidates all named Chandu Lal Sahu filed to run. At the time, Jogi's main contender was Chandu Lal Sahu of the BJP party. Sahu ultimately won the election only by small margin of 133 votes and Jogi was accused of planting those names to confuse voters.
Jogi served as a District collector of Indore during 1981-85. During this term, he was accused of stealing design papers from CAT, Indore (Centre for Advance technology Blue print ) and selling them to the CIA.
In June 2007, Jogi and his son were was arrested in connection with the murder of NCP treasurer Ram Avtar Jaggi who was shot dead in June 2003. In December 2003, after the defeat of INC in Chhattisgarh assembly elections, a sting operation alleged that Jogi tried to bribe some of the BJP MLAs to form a breakaway faction, promising them Congress' support. Subsequent to this Jogi was suspended from the party. However, after five years of the registering of a case against him, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based on an opinion of then ASG Gopal Subramanian said that Jogi could not be prosecuted under any law. However BJP alleged that Congress led UPA government misused CBI to protect Jogi.
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