Amit Jogi (born 7 August 1977) is an American-born

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n politician.

Early life

Jogi is the son of former

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh The chief minister of Chhattisgarh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief m ...

Ajit Jogi Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (29 April 1946 29 May 2020) was an Indian politician, who served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh, India. He was a member of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh. Education Jogi studied Me ...

. He was supposedly an Indian citizen by birth, and became an Indian citizen in July 2004 or 2002. His date and place of birth are unclear due to the fact that he provided documents with contradictory information. However, at a later point, he stated his date of birth to be 7 August 1977, and his place of birth to be

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

, United States. ''"I can't help where I was born... I was born in Dallas, USA, in 1977 and I was nationalized by LK Advani in 2002.'' Jogi is a 1998 graduate of

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, has an MA in Politics and International Studies, from

Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

, and an

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from

Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University is an institution of higher education located in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It is one of the largest and oldest institutions of higher education in Chhattisgarh. It is a state university founded in 1964 by th ...

, Raipur (2009).

Career

He became a

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

(MLA) representing Marwahi (Vidhan Sabha Constituency, Chhattisgarh) in 2013 Assembly Elections. He defeated the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

candidate by the highest margin in the state: 46,250 votes. He was said to have been involved in an operation of bribing

Dilip Singh Judeo Dilip Singh Judeo (8 March 1949 – 14 August 2013) was an Indian politician and former Minister of State for Environment and Forests in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance governme ...

in 2003. This is per the statement given by

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in 2005 On 23 July 2011, Amit Jogi was attacked by a mob while campaigning for Tanya Solomon, the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

(INC) candidate for the

Jabera (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Jabera Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following boundary delimitati ...

by-poll in

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

. Solomon is the daughter of the late Ratnesh Solomon who was a five time MLA from the Jabera constituency, and Ajit Jogi's brother-in-law. The INC expelled Jogi on 7 January 2017, for six years for indulging in anti-party activities. Jogi later said he would challenge his expulsion as the party is not anybody's ''bapoti'' (personal property). On 2 March 2017, the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly passed a censure motion against Jogi for "unparliamentary" behavior.

Chhattisgarh Janata Congress

Chhattisgarh Janata Congress Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (or Chhattisgarh Janata Congress) is a political party in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The party was founded by former Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi, after Jogi and his son Amit were expelled from Indian National Con ...

was founded by Ajit Jogi, after Jogi and his son Amit were expelled from INC for anti-party activities and for sabotaging Antagarh by-poll elections. Amit was expelled for six years. Ajit Jogi launched a party in Thathapur village of

Kawardha district Kabirdham district is one of the 33 administrative districts of Chhattisgarh state in central India. The district was earlier known as Kawardha district. The district is located between 21.32' to 22.28' north latitude and 80.48' to 81.48' east lo ...

and directly challenged Chhattisgarh Chief Minister

Raman Singh Dr. Raman Singh (born 15 October 1952) is an Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. Currently, he is the National Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also an ayurvedic practitioner. He is also the longest se ...

.Ajit Jogi names his new party
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References

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