Kantilal Bhuria (born 1 June 1950) is an

Indian politician Politics of India works within the framework of the country's Constitution. India is a parliamentary democratic secular republic in which the president of India is the head of state & first citizen of India and the prime minister of India is ...

and a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

and was till July 2011 the

Minister of Tribal Affairs The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, a branch of Government of India, looks after the affairs of the tribal communities in India by providing educational scholarships, grants to create more health infrastructure in tribal communities and direct cash ...

of the Republic of India. He had been promoted to the rank of cabinet minister in the

United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a centre-left political alliance of predominantly left-leaning political parties in India. It was formed after the 2004 general election with support from left-leaning political parties when no single party ...

-2 government, led by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009. Earlier, he was the

Minister of State Minister of State is a title borne by politicians in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a Minister of State is a Junior Minister of government, who is assigned to assist a specific Cabinet Minister. In ...

in the

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...

and Minister of State in the

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is a government ministry of India. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet rank minister. Departments The ministry is divided into two departments, the Department of Food and Pub ...

. His successor, the new

is V Kishore Chandra Deo, another Congressman. Shri Kantilal Bhuria assumes the charge of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food in New Delhi on May 25, 2004

Shri Kantilal Bhuria assumes the charge of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food in New Delhi on May 25, 2004

Bhuria was elected to the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...

in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from

Jhabua Jhabua is a town and a municipality in Jhabua district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Jhabua District. Recently the district has got international recognition because of its endemic hen species ...

constituency in

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

and in 2009 from

Ratlam Ratlam, known historically as Ratnapuri (lit. ''gem city''), is a city in the northwestern part of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The city of Ratlam lies above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam di ...

. He lost 2014 General Election from Ratlam but won the by-poll in 2015. He lost in 2019 General Election again, but was elected to Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha later in 2019 when he won a by-poll in Jhabua (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

References

External links

Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website
Living people 1950 births Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh Union ministers of state of India People from Jhabua Members of the Cabinet of India Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 2014–2019 People from Ratlam district Ministers of Tribal Affairs (India) Madhya Pradesh MLAs 2018–2023 {{MadhyaPradesh-INC-politician-stub