Prahlad Singh Patel (born 28 June 1960) is an Indian politician who is the current Minister of State for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti of India from 7 July 2021. He is a Member of Parliament from Damoh Loksabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh. He was minister of state for coal in

Third Vajpayee Ministry Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for third time on 13 October 1999. He headed his Third Vajpayee Ministry. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry. Cabinet ministers ...

. He was first elected to 9th Lok Sabha in 1989 and again re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 (2nd term), 13th Lok Sabha in 1999 (3rd term) from Balaghat, 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 (4th term) and 17th Lok Sabha in 2019 (5th term) from Damoh. He was born in

Narsinghpur Narsinghpur is a city in Madhya Pradesh in central India. It comes under Jabalpur division. Narsinghpur has a large temple dedicated to Lord Narsingh As of 2001, Narsinghpur is the most literate district of the state. History Prehistory ...

and is an advocate by profession. He is a graduate of the Government Science College, Jabalpur.

Career

Prahalad Patel Oath Ceremony As Member Of Parliament 2014-03-13 22-58

Prahlad Singh Patel who is BJP Represent person he was elected as MP for first time from Madhya Pradesh constituency, In May 2019, Patel became the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for

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and

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. He was elected to the

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, lower house of the

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from

Damoh Damoh is a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The city is also the district headquarters of Damoh district. History Early history Stone Age tools have been found in Singrampur Valley and it is believed that the area has been inhabit ...

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 ...

in the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

as member of the

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. Prahalad Singh Patel is an eminent leader of LODHI (KSHATRIYA) Rajput community.

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Ministry of Culture biography

Ministry of Tourism

Parliament of India page

Cabinet list
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