Brijmohan Agrawal
| Brijmohan Agrawal | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | South Raipur |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 May 1959 Raipur, Chhattisgarh |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sarita Agrawal |
| Children | Abhishek, Shubhkirti, Aditya |
| Residence | Sankar Nagar, Raipur [C.G.] 492001 |
| Website | Official website |
| As of January 31, 2013 | |
Brijmohan Agrawal (born 1 May 1959) is a cabinet minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party ministry of Chhattisgarh state of India. He is the minister of Water Resources Department, Agriculture & Bio Technology, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Ayacut, Endowment Chhattisgarh. Until 2013 he was minister of Public Works Department, School Education, Endowment, Culture, Legislative Affairs and Tourism Departments. Since the 2013 reshuffle he has been Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fish Rearing and Water Resources, religious trust and endowment.
Brijmohan Agrawal fondly called ‘Mohan Bhaia’ is a name to reckon with in the state politics of Chhattisgarh. His venture into politics entails a rags to riches tale. Born in a humble and impoverished household in Raipur he rose to political fame with the advent of the youth wing of the then rather evolving radical nationalist party the Janata party known today as the Bharatiya Janata Party.
As a student, Brijmohan was far from a timid backbencher. He would often protest against any unfair and unjust practice or happening in the school to an extent that when he was 15, he headed a bunch of students and went on strike against the unfair means of marks distribution in his school. He would always be at the forefront.
He became the student president of the Durga Mahavidyala Raipur in 1982 and in the same year was elected as the chief advisor of the student union of Pt. Ravi Shankar shukla University Raipur.
His persona and political spear head characteristic was very much evident even as a student just paving his way through the mayhem and charade of the ongoing national turmoil which affected central India as much as the capital. The following year he was crowned the president of the student union of Kalian Mahavidyalaya in Bhilai.
During the course of his political journey, he has been always very keen and zesty about the Agrawal samaj and always did lend his hand towards the development of the Agrawal samaj and involved in its various activities.
In 1983 he was made the chairman of the Agrawal Youth Board. He remained the chairman for the proceeding 8 years owing to his politico-social activities and contributions as a member of the Agrawal community of Raipur.
Brijmohan Agrawal`s affiliation with the BJP seeded with him joining the ABVP (akhil Bharatiya vidhyarti parishad) in 1974. As he rose in his stature in the ABVP, he continued to take toll on the antisocial activities prevalent especially among the students. He campaigned against the “Mafia culture” alongside ABVP.
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