Prem Prakash Pandey
| Prem Prakash Pandey | |
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| Constituency | Bhilai |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 March 1958 Bhurwar, Uttarpradesh |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Krishnavati Pandey |
| Children | Mridula Pandey Mishra, Madhu Pandey, Manish Pandey |
| Residence | Bungalow-1, street no. 11, sector-9, Bhilai, Distt. - durg[C.G.] 490006 |
| Website | http://premprakshpandey.in |
| As of September 7, 2016 | |
Prem Prakash Pandey is a Bharatiya Janata Party Member of the Legislative Assembly from Bhilai Nagar in Chhattisgarh. He has served as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh from December 2003 to January 2009. He was appointed as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Chhattisgarh headed by Dr. Raman Singh. He is minister of Revenue & Rehabilitation, Higher Education, Skill Development, Technical Education and Employment, Science & Technology and Disaster Management Department of Chhattisgarh. [1] [2][3][4]
Early life
Prem Prakash Pandey was born on 8 March 1958 in Bhurwar, Thana-Bankata, District- Deoria, Uttar Pradesh. He has always believed in the nation-building ideology of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Political Life
Prem Prakash Pandey began his political career in 1976 when he was pursuing education. In 1977 he was secretary of BJP Bhilai then In 1978 he was elected as the president of Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad. And became the Secretary of Student's Union of Pt. Ravishankar University, Raipur, in 1979.
After this followed his Political journey wherein 1987, he became the General Secretary BJP Dist. Durg. Next milestone earned by him was being elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly of Undivided Madhyapradesh, in 1990. Then he catered as the State Minister of Higher Education for two years (1991 – 92), Skill Development and Technical Employment.
In 1993, he became an Elected Member of Legislative Assembly and later in 1995, he was elected as Executive Member of BJP Yuva Morcha. A commendable milestone that he earned was to be elected as the Speaker Of Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha, on 22nd Dec.2003
Initiatives
"Swacchata Utsav"
Prem Prakash Pandey being the MLA of bhilai constituency has started (on 28th August 2016) an initiative named "Swacchhata Utsav" under which he visits a part of the constituency every Sunday in the morning with a group of followers and volunteers, where Prem Prakash Pandey and volunteers clean the streets (though symbolically) to spread the message of cleanliness. The idea is to spread the word of "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" started by nation's prime minister Narendra Modi. It has now become a big 34 weeks long campaign which contributed significantly in improving Bhilai's cleanliness index.
References
- ↑ http://www.cgvidhansabha.gov.in/
- ↑ "Upper caste dominates Chhattisgarh new cabinet". The Hindu. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Speaker". Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha website. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ↑ "Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: List of MLAs". IBN Live. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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: Prem Prakash Pandey Official Website