Tulsi Silawat

Tulsi Ram Silawat is a former cabinet minister in Madhya Pradesh state government and was a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Sanwer constituency of Indore district two times.[3][4] He took oath as a cabinet minister of new MP government on 25 December 2018.[5] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 21st March 2020 and took Oath on 21st April 2020 as the Minister of Water Resources of Madhya Pradesh under CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Cabinet formation. On 20th 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 has to be elected to an assembly within 6 months of being appointed minister.

Tulsiram Silawat
Cabinet Minister, Madhya Pradesh Government
Assumed office
3 January 2021
Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
December 2018
Preceded byRajesh Sonkar
ConstituencySanwer
In office
2008–2013
Preceded byPrakash Sonkar
Succeeded byRajesh Sonkar
ConstituencySanwer
In office
1985–1990
Succeeded byPrakash Sonkar
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Madhya Pradesh Government
In office
December 2018 – March 2020
Preceded byRustam Singh
Vice President of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
1998–2003
Minister of Water Resources, Madhya Pradesh government
Assumed office
21 April 2020
Personal details
Born (1954-11-05) 5 November 1954[1]
NationalityIndia
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Sunita Silawat[2]
ChildrenNitish Silawat
ResidenceIndore
EducationMA LLB Part 1
Alma materIndore University
ProfessionAgriculturist, politician

Early life and education

He has completed MA LLB degree from Indore University.

Career

He was a Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Sanwer in Indore from 1985 to 1990 and from 2018 to 2020.

In December 2018, he was inducted into the Kamal Nath cabinet as Public Health and Family Welfare of Madhya Pradesh. During 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis, he supported senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and was one of the 22 MLAs who resigned.[6][7][8]

See also

References
  1. "Madhya Pradesh vidhan Sabha" (PDF).
  2. http://myneta.info/mp2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=138
  3. "I think I deserve a second chance: Tulsiram Silawat". Daily News and Analysis. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. PTI (25 December 2018). "Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath expands Cabinet, inducts 28 ministers". Mint. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  6. "Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from Congress, more than 20 party MLAs quit". The Economic Times. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  7. "22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP". Live Mint.
  8. 22 rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs join BJP

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