Kantilal Bhuria

Kantilal Bhuria
Member of Parliament
Constituency Ratlam
Personal details
Born 1 June 1950
Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Kalpana Bhuria
Children 2 sons
Residence Jhabua
As of September 22, 2006
Source:

Kantilal Bhuria (born 1 June 1950) is a member of the Indian National Congress and was till July 2011 the Minister of Tribal Affairs of the Republic of India.[1] He had been promoted to the rank of cabinet minister in the United Progressive Alliance-2 government, led by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009. Earlier, he was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.[2] His successor, the new Minister of Tribal Affairs is V Kishore Chandra Deo, another Congressman.

Bhuria was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from Jhabua constituency in Madhya Pradesh and in 2009 from Ratlam constituency.

References

  1. ↑ "Council of Ministers - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India". http://india.gov.in''. Government of India. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "Detailed Profile: Shri Kantilal Bhuria".

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Political offices
Preceded by
unknown		 Minister of Tribal Affairs
unknown 		Incumbent