Jayant Kumar Malaiya

Jayant Kumar Malaiya (born 20 February 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Damoh constituency since 1990, but lost in 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election.[1][2][3]

Jayant Kumar Malaiya
Jayant Malaiya in 2015.
Minister of Finance & Commercial Taxes,
Madhya Pradesh Government
In office
December 2013 – December 2018
Succeeded by
Member of Legislative Assembly from Madhya Pradesh
In office
1990–2018
Succeeded byRahul Singh
ConstituencyDamoh
Personal details
Born (1947-02-20) 20 February 1947
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh[1]
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
ResidenceSagar, Madhya Pradesh
EducationLLB[1]
ProfessionPolitician
Source

Political career

Malaiya was elected from Damoh Legislative Assembly for the first time in the sub-election for the seventh assembly in 1984. He was re-elected to the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth Assemblies in 1990, 1993, 1998 and 2003 respectively. Malaiya was elected for the sixth time from the same constituency in the 2008 election. Malaiya was Minister of State for Housing and Environment (Independent Charge) during the Ninth Legislative Assembly. He was a special invitee to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) District Damoh twice, the President of the State BJP Work Committee. He chaired the Loklokha Committee in Eleventh Legislative Assembly of the state. Malaiya joined the Cabinet of then Chief Minister Uma Bharti on 28 June 2004 and was the Minister of Urban Administration and Development. He was sworn in as a minister in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Babulal Gaur on 27 August 2004. Malaiya was re-elected as a minister in the Cabinet of then Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on 4 December 2005. In the thirteenth assembly elections in 2008, he was re-elected from Damoh assembly constituency. Jayant Malaiya served as the Minister in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on 20 December 2008. He was elected as a member of Damoh for the Chaturdash Assembly in 2013. He took oath as Cabinet minister on 21 December 2013.[4][1]

See also

References
  1. "::Department Of Public Relations,Madhya Pradesh::". www.mpinfo.org. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. "Government of Madhya Pradesh, Finance Department..." www.finance.mp.gov.in. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. "Damoh Assembly constituency (Madhya Pradesh): Full details, live and past results". News18. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. "जीवन – श्री जयंत कुमार मलैया". jayantmalaiya.in. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.


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