Ramnivas Rawat (born 21 January 1960) is an Indian politician serving as

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Working President of the

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. He started his political career in

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and had been the five-time legislator from Vijaypur constituency in Madhya Pradesh Vijaypur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and cabinet minister in the

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cabinet. He unsuccessfully contested for Indian parliament in 2019 against BJP leader

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Personal life

Rawat was born on 21 January 1960 to Late Ganesh Prasad Rawat and Bhanti bai in Sunvai Tehsil in Vijaypur in

. He graduated with a

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degree and later earned a Masters with Gold Medal in History and

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. Rawat is married to Uma Rawat, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.

Political career

Five Term MLA Rawat entered politics through

in 1986. He was first elected as MLA from Vijaypur in 1990 and then in 1993. Rawat was inducted as Cabinet Minister in 1993 in Digvijay Singh cabinet. Subsequently, he won his elections from Vijaypur constituency in 2003, 2008 and 2013. In 2018 Assembly election, he lost to his nearest rival by 2890 votes from Vijaypur constituency. In 2019

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election, he contested against

and lost by 1,13,341 votes from Morena Lok Sabha. Rawat is member of All Indian Congress Committee and working president of

Congress.

Personal life

Political career

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