Rajesh Munat (born 28 April 1963) is an Indian politician and former PWD and cabinet minister of

Government of Chhattisgarh Government of Chhattisgarh also known as the State Government of Chhattisgarh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the ...

. He is a member of

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 Mod ...

Political career

Munat was elected to

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

in 2003 by defeating then PWD minister Tarun Chatterjee by a margin of 38,000 votes and became PWD minister in

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 s ...

's Cabinet. He got an additional charge from the Ministry of School Education. After winning 2008 Assembly election, he became Minister of Urban Administration, Transport and Housing. Again, he remained Minister of Transport and Housing along with PWD from year 2013 to 2019.

References

External links

Rajesh Munat official website
1963 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh MLAs 2003–2008 Chhattisgarh MLAs 2008–2013 Chhattisgarh MLAs 2013–2018 People from Mahasamund People from Raipur, Chhattisgarh {{Chhattisgarh-BJP-politician-stub