Ramesh Mendola is an Indian politician of BJP from Indore who has been a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Indore-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) since 2008. In the previous election held in 2013 he won from this constituency by a record margin of over 91000 votes. Repeating his performance in

2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 28 November 2018 to elect members of the 230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. It is believed that the election was a direct political battle between the BJP and the INC. One of t ...

, Mendola again won from this seat by a record margin of over 71000 votes retaining the title of largest victory margin winner of the newly elected assembly. He is the President of Madhya Pradesh Olympic Association.

Political career

Ramesh Mendola is considered to be a close associate of national General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Kailash Vijayvargiya Kailash Vijayvargiya (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian politician serving as National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party . He started his political career in the Indore Bharatiya Janata Party, and was the mayor of Indore, a six-time le ...

, who is also from Indore and originally represented Indore-2 constituency until handing it over to Mendola in 2008. Before fighting assembly election, Mendola has been previously elected as a corporator in Indore Municipal Corporation several times. He has also served as the city President of Indore BJP. He has also served as the president of Nanda Nagar Sakh Sahkari Sanstha Maryadit, a local credit cooperative society in Indore-2, his constituency. Ramesh Mendola was elected to the Vidhan Sabha in 2008, 2013 and 2018.

Controversies

Ramesh Mendola was accused of corruption in Sugni Devi land Scam, A case of misappropriation of funds in a school land in Nandanagar, located in his constituency- Indore-2. The case was closely followed in political circles following the legislator's proximity to BJP general secretary

. Later, charges against Ramesh Mendola were dropped by high court in this case ."

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendola, Ramesh Politicians from Indore Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Madhya Pradesh 1960 births Living people Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2008–2013 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2013–2018 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023