Tulsi Ram Silawat

Tulsiram Silawat
Cabinet Minister of Water Resources Madhya Pradesh Government
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 April 2020
Chief Minister	Shivraj Singh Chouhan Mohan Yadav
Preceded by	Karada Hukum Singh
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2018
Preceded by	Rajesh Sonkar
Constituency	Sanwer
In office 2008–2013
Preceded by	Prakash Sonkar
Succeeded by	Rajesh Sonkar
Constituency	Sanwer
In office 1985–1990
Succeeded by	Prakash Sonkar
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Madhya Pradesh Government
In office December 2018 – March 2020
Preceded by	Rustam Singh
Vice President of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 1998–2003
Personal details
Born	(1954-11-05) 5 November 1954 (age 70)[1]^[citation needed]
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Sunita Silawat[2]
Children	Nitish Silawat,Chinmayee Silawat
Residence	Indore
Education	MA LLB Part 1 ^[citation needed]
Alma mater	Indore University
Profession	Agriculturist, politician

Tulsi Ram Silawat is an Indian politician serving as a cabinet minister in the Madhya Pradesh state government and a two-time representative of the Sanwer constituency in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[3][4] He took the oath as a cabinet minister in the new Madhya Pradesh government on 25 December, 2018.[5] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 March, 2020, and took oath as the Water Resources Minister under Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet on 21 April, 2020.[6] On 20 October, 2020, he resigned from the post of Water Resources Minister. Because, as per Article 164 (4) of the Indian Constitution, a minister who is not a member of the House must be elected to an assembly within 6 months of being appointed minister.[7]

Career

In December 2018, he was inducted into the Kamal Nath cabinet as Minister of Public Health and Family Welfare of Madhya Pradesh. During 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis, he supported senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and joined BJP with the 22 MLAs who resigned.[8][9][10]

See also

• Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "Madhya Pradesh vidhan Sabha" (PDF).^[dead link‍]
2. "Tulsiram Silawat(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- SANWER(INDORE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
3. "I think I deserve a second chance: Tulsiram Silawat". Daily News and Analysis. 7 November 2013. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
4. "Tulsiram Silawat(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- SANWER(INDORE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
5. PTI (25 December 2018). "Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath expands Cabinet, inducts 28 ministers". Mint. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
6. "MP News: तुलसी सिलावट को फिर मिला जल संसाधन, गोविंद सिंह राजपूत भी पहले की तरह परिवहन मंत्रालय संभालेंगे". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
7. "Madhya Pradesh: Six months over, Tulsiram Silawat & Govind Singh Rajput resign from cabinet". The Times of India. 22 October 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
8. "Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from Congress, more than 20 party MLAs quit". The Economic Times. 10 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
9. "22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP". Live Mint. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
10. "22 rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs join BJP". Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.