Giriraj Poddar is an Indian politician and industrialist from

Murwara Katni officially Murwara is a city on the banks of the Katni River in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Katni District. It is in the Mahakoshal region of central India. The city is from the divisional headquarters ...

in Katni District,

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state. He was elected as a MLA of the

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in 2008 from Murwara, running as a member of the

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. His victory margin was one of the highest in the assembly of around 30000 votes. He is a member of various committees of the

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. He is originally from Sambhar Lake in

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, but his family later shifted their base to

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. He is the highest distributor of jan sampark rashi. He is credited with the Khiraini Overbridge, Katni Nadi Bridge, a bow-shaped bridge in Madhya Pradesh. He spent a consecutive 15 days outside his home in his constituency in Yatra and interviewed approximately 50,000 people to gather data for the further development of Katni. The social organization he is affiliated with is Desh Disha Manch, known for its efforts for Khirani Overbridge. He became one of the very few MLA of states who utilized 100% of the fund allocated to their corpus.

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Affidavit Details of Giriraj Kishor (Raju ) Poddar
empoweringindia.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Poddar, Giraj Living people People from Katni People from Katni district People from Jaipur district Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh Year of birth missing (living people)