Satya Pal Singh Baghel (born 21 June 1960) is an Indian politician. 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 Modi ...

, he got elected to

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from

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. He previously was a member of

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

, in which he got elected to

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thrice and to

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once as a member of

Bahujan Samajwadi Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alo ...

Personal life and education

Baghel was born in Bhatpura, Umari, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh in 1960. He was born in

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(gadaria) family. Currently he is member of

from

, which is reserved for

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. His father was Rambhrose Singh and his mother was Ram Shree Devi. Baghel married on 30 November 1989 and has two children. Baghel has a bachelor of law degree, a master's degree in science and a doctoral degree. He attended Maharaja Jiwaji Rao University in

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

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and the

Meerut University Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCS University), formerly Meerut University, is a public state university located in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The university was established in 1965. It was later renamed to its current name after Chaud ...

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, Uttar Pradesh.

Career

In 1998, 1999 and 2004, Baghel represented the

three times in the

from

Jalesar Jalesar is a Nagar Palika in Etah Sub District, Etah district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. There is a fort of Awagarh near Jalesar, Awagarh is from Jalesar It is connected by road to other towns such as Hathras, Etah, Aligarh, Firoza ...

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. After these three terms, Baghel was suspended from his party. He then unsuccessfully contested two Lok Sabha elections as a

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

(BSP) candidate. In 2014, Baghel was elected to the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) but then in the following election, lost to the

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candidate. On 3 July 2015, Baghel became president of the BJP OBC Morcha (the "Other Backward Class" wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party).OBC Morcha to fight for rights of backward classes
Business Standard website. In 2017, Baghel became a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In 2019, he was elected to Lok Sabha from Agra seat on BJP ticket. 1998 - 1999 :

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(First Term),

1999 - 2004 :

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(Second Term),

2004 - 2009 :

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(Third Term),

2010 - 2014 : member of

2017 - 2019 : M.L.A. from Tundla as

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member
2017 - 2019 :

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of Livestock, Minor Irrigation and Fisheries in

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.
2019–present :

from

(Fourth Term but first time as

member)
2021–18 May 2023 : Minister of state for Law and Justice in Union Cabinet

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Public office activities

In 1998 and 1999, Baghel was a member of committees on subordinate legislation, human resource development and health and family welfare. In 1999 and 2000, he was a member of committees on food, civil supplies and public distribution and an estimates committee. Between 2000 and 2004, he worked in the Ministry of Home Affairs and on committees of public undertaking, external affairs and member attendance in the House.

References

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