Narendra Singh Tomar is an Indian politician, a veteran member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a three-time Lok Sabha MP. He has served as cabinet minister in various ministries such as Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs under the Modi government.
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Wiki/Biography
Narendra Singh Tomar was born on Wednesday, 12 June 1957 (age 66 years; as in 2023) in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Gemini. In 1979–80, he obtained his bachelor’s degree in the Faculty of Arts from Government College Murar, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Weight (Approx): 60 kg
Hair Color: Gray
Eye colour: black
family and caste
Narendra Singh Tomar belongs to a Rajput family of Gwalior.
parents and siblings
Narendra Singh Tomar’s father’s name is Munshi Singh Tomar and mother’s name is Sharda Devi Tomar. His sister, Sharda Devi Tomar, is an Indian politician.
Narendra Singh Tomar with his sister
In 2020, his younger brother Ajay Pratap Singh Tomar died due to cancer.
Narendra Singh Tomar with Ajay Pratap
wife and children
On 6 December 1976, he married Kiran Tomar.
Narendra Singh Tomar with Kiran Tomar
He has two sons, elder son Devendra Pratap Singh Tomar and younger son Prabal Pratap Singh Tomar. His daughter’s name is Nivedita Tomar.
Prabal, Nivedita and Devendra (left to right) at a family function.
Religion
Narendra Singh Tomar follows Hindu religion.
Address
Permanent Address: B-144, Professor Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Present Address: 24, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi
signature/autograph
Signature of Narendra Singh Tomar
livelihood
held party positions
Narendra Singh Tomar served as the President of BJP Yuva Manch in Gwalior from 1980–1984. In 1983, he took charge as a councilor in the Municipal Corporation of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. He served as the State Minister of BJPYF in Madhya Pradesh for 2 years, 1984 and 1985. In 1986, he took charge as the state vice president of BJPYF in Madhya Pradesh. In 2006, he became the state party president of BJP in Madhya Pradesh, succeeding Satyanarayan Jatiya.
Member of parliament
In 1998, Narendra Singh Tomar contested the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Gwalior constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket and defeated his nearest rival Ashok Kumar Sharma by a margin of 26,358 votes. In 2003, he was re-elected as MLA from Gwalior constituency and appointed as a cabinet minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. In November 2023, he contested Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Dimani constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket and defeated his nearest rival Balveer Singh Dandotia by a margin of 24,461 votes.
Narendra Singh Tomar shared an Instagram post after winning the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections
member of parliament
In January 2009, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh constituency through a by-election; The Madhya Pradesh seat was left vacant due to the demise of Lakshminarayan Sharma, who previously held the seat. In May 2009, he contested the Lok Sabha elections from Morena constituency on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket and defeated Ramniwas Rawat of Indian National Congress by 1,00,997 votes. He was then re-elected to the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha from Gwalior and Morena constituencies in 2014 and 2019 respectively.
Narendra Singh Tomar with Narendra Modi at a political rally
held office
On 8 December 2003, he took charge as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh, in which he served as the Minister of various departments such as Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Public Relations Department, Fisheries Department. And Animal Husbandry Department. In May 2014, Narendra Singh Tomar took charge as the Minister of Labor and Employment in the Modi government, Sis Ram Ola took charge as the Steel Minister, Beni Prasad Verma took charge as the Steel Minister and Dinsha Patel took charge as the Mines Minister. Took charge as. ,
Narendra Singh Tomar leading the meeting for the development of north-eastern states
In July 2016, he was appointed as the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj. In July 2017, he was given the additional charge of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. On 3 September 2017, he took charge of the Ministry of Mines before Piyush Goyal. In November 2018, he became the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, succeeding Ananth Kumar. On 30 May 2019, he took charge as the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, succeeding Radha Mohan Singh.
Narendra Singh Tomar as Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister leading a meeting
On 18 September 2020, she was given the additional charge of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries after Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigned from the post.
Controversy
Tomar and his son are involved in illegal transactions
In November 2023, a video of Narendra Singh Tomar and his elder son, Devendra Pratap Singh Tomar went viral on social media, in which his son was seen discussing transactions worth hundreds of crores involving some mining and land businessmen from Rajasthan and Mohali . The opposition demanded an investigation into the matter by the Income Tax Department, CBI and ED to confirm the authenticity of the video.
Dear ED, CBI, Income Tax, this video is going viral. Please check its authenticity. In this, lakhs of crores of rupees are being negotiated with the supporters of BJP’s well-wisher and Union Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar’s Chiranjeevi Shri Math. Amidst the election code of conduct, this issue of black money… pic.twitter.com/wR21DmruiH
– Piyush Babele||Piyush Babele (@BabelePiyush) 5 November 2023
Later, Tomar claimed in a statement that his son had earlier asked for a police investigation into these “false videos” and insisted that CFSL agencies work to uncover the truth and “unravel the conspiracy”. Check the video.
Today a fake video related to my sons has gone viral on social media. This is part of a well-conceived conspiracy being hatched by the candidates during election time with the aim of targeting the public.
– Narendra Singh Tomar (@nstomar) 14 November 2023
property/property
movable property
- Deposits in banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs. 57,61,953
- Personal Loan/Advance Granted: Rs. 61,89,000
Immovable property
- Non-agricultural land: Rs 40,00,000
- Residential Building: Rs. 38,00,000
Note: The given estimate of movable and immovable assets is as per the year 2019. This does not include property owned by his wife and dependents.
net worth
Narendra Singh Tomar’s net worth for the year 2019 was estimated to be Rs. 1.45 crores.
Note: This does not include the net worth of his wife and dependents.
Facts/General Knowledge
- His political career started as a student leader. In 1979, he was elected President of Government College Murar Students Union.
- In 2006, he was given the nickname ‘Munna Bhaiya’ by the 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Babulal Gaur.
- In his spare time, he enjoys watching movies and gardening.
- According to Narendra Singh Tomar, some of his major achievements in the literary, artistic and scientific fields are organizing Kavi Sammelans and encouraging artists.
- He likes to involve himself in some social and cultural activities like organizing social, spiritual and cultural functions.
- According to Narendra Singh Tomar, some of his works of interest are helping the poor and organizing blood donation camps.
- He is the President of Gwalior based Darpan Sports Institute.
- He loves traveling and has visited different countries like Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, UAE, and UK.
- In July 2023, he was appointed as the convener of the State Election Management Committee for the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections.
Narendra Singh Tomar (left) with Shivraj Singh Chouhan after being appointed convenor of the BJP election management panel for Madhya Pradesh.
- On 5 December 2023, Narendra Singh Tomar resigned as Member of Parliament and from the Cabinet of the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare after winning the state assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh. He is also one of the contenders for the post of Chief Minister in Madhya Pradesh.
- In May 2022, according to the IANS-CVoter survey, he was ranked among the top performing ministers in the Union Cabinet with a score of 6.83. This was mainly due to the progressive farming practices and record grain production during his tenure as Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister.
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