Vijay Baghel (born 15 August 1959) is an Indian politician who serves as the

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct Elections in I ...

from

Durg Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077, Durg-Bhilai is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur ...

as a member of the

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 ...

Political career

Baghel was first elected to Bhilai Municipal Council in 2000 as an Independent candidate. He contested 2003 Assembly election from Patan constituency as a candidate

Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party in ...

but lost to

Bhupesh Baghel Bhupesh Baghel (born 23 August 1960) is an Indian politician serving as the third and current Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. He was president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress. He has been member of State ...

. Again, he contested 2008 Assembly election as a BJP candidate and won by defeating

of Congress by a huge margin of 7,842 votes and became Parliamentary Secretary to Home Minister

Nanki Ram Kanwar Nanki Ram Kanwar is an Indian politician served as Home Minister of Government of Chhattisgarh. He is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party and was also Cabinet Minister in Sunder Lal Patwa ministry in Government of Madhya Pradesh. He joined poli ...

.http://cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/satra/third_assembly/3RD_ASSEMBLY.pdf Again, Vijay contested 2013 Assembly election against

but failed to retain the seat. In the 2019 general election, he contested against Pratima Chandrakar of INC from

and won by margin of 3,91,978 votes.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baghel, Vijay India MPs 2019–present Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Chhattisgarh 1959 births Chhattisgarh MLAs 2008–2013