Arvind Singh Bhadoria is an Indian politician and leader of the

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(BJP). He has served as the Minister of Cooperative and Public Service Management in the

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since 2 July 2020. He was elected as a Member of the

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for a second term for the Ater constituency of Bhind district.

Early life

Arvind Singh Bhadoria was born on 2 October 1969 in Gyanpura village of Bhind district in

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, the third child of Kamala Devi and Shivnath Singh Bhadoria. His mother was a housewife and his father served in the

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. At a young age, he joined the

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of the

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with which he remained associated for a long time. He also joined the student organization

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(ABVP). In 2007, he married Archana Bhadoria.

Political career

Bhadoria became involved in student politics when he joined ABVP in 1984. In 1986, he became the

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of ABVP's Bhind branch. In 1987 he became the

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of the Bhind branch, and then contested the student union election of MJS College in Bhind. In 1989, he became the Department Coordinator. He became a full-time ABVP member in 1990. From 1990 to 1994, two divisions were the Organization Secretary of the

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and

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joint division. In 1994 he became the Provincial Secretary of the

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province. From 1995 to 2003, he was the Provincial Organization Minister of Madhya Bharat. After this, he was the Organization Secretary of Yuva Morcha until 20032004. He led the 2003 assembly election management team. In 2004, he was made the National Vice President of

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, and in 2005 he was made the State Secretary of the Madhya Pradesh

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, which he remained for 5 consecutive terms until 2011. From 2011 to 2014, he was the National Vice President and National General Secretary of BJP and Kisan Morcha respectively. From 2014 to 2016, he was the General Secretary of the Madhya Pradesh BJP. In 2015, he was elected State Managing Committee member of the

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, later becoming the Vice President of the Madhya Pradesh BJP from 2016 to 2019. In 2018 he also became the State Vice President of the Indian Red Cross Society in Madhya Pradesh.

As representative

Bhadoria became a

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for the first time in 2008 for the Ater constituency by defeating

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leader, former Home Minister and former Leader of the Opposition

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. In 2018 he was reelected as MLA for Ater. The role of Arvind Singh Bhadoria was very significant to the

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. He became the Minister of Cooperative and Public Service Management after the re-formation of the

Shivraj Shivraj ( hi, शिवराज; 1920 - 3 June 2017) was an Indian actor. Selected filmography *''Singaar'' (1949) *'' Andolan'' (1951) (He played a key role) *'' Patita'' (1953) *''Devdas'' (1955) *'' Seema'' (1955) *''Dekh Kabira Roya'' ( ...

government in 2020.

References

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