Prahlad Singh Patel is an Indian politician affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the outgoing Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Damoh constituency. He, a five-time Lok Sabha MP, is the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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Wiki/Biography
Prahlad Singh Patel was born on Tuesday, 28 June 1960 (age 61 years; as in 2021) in Gotegaon, Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Cancer (Cancer). He is a well-educated person with B.Sc., L.L.B. And has the degree of MA (Philosophy). She received her formal education from Adarsh Science College and Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He joined the BJP’s student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his college days and subsequently climbed the political ladder to become one of the prominent leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
A 1981 photograph shows twenty-one-year-old Prahlad Singh Patel (far right) with his ABVP colleagues Prakash Javadekar (seated on a stool), Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (second from right) and others.
Physical Appearance
Height (approx): 6′ 0″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
family and caste
Prahlad Singh Patel is from Lodhi community.
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Mulam Singh Patel and mother’s name is Yashodabai Patel.
Prahlad Singh Patel’s father and son
Prahlad’s brother Jamal Singh Patel, also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been serving as MLA from Narsinghpur constituency since 2013.
Jamal Singh Patel, brother of BJP MLA Prahlad Singh Patel
wife and children
His wife’s name is Pushpalata Singh Patel. They got married on 02 December 1991.
Prahlad Singh Patel with his wife Pushpalata Singh Patel
They have three children: a son named Prabal Patel, and two daughters, Falit Singh Patel (architect) and Pratigya Singh Patel. Falit Singh Patel’s husband Shyambir Singh is a 2018 batch IAS officer.
Prahlad Singh Patel with his daughters
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livelihood
- Prahlad Singh, a BJP loyalist, has been associated with the party since its foundation in 1980.
- In 1982, he was appointed as the District President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh.
- From 1986 to 1990, he held the post of General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Madhya Pradesh.
- In 1989, he successfully contested his first election and was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Balaghat constituency.
- From 1990 to 1991, he was also a member of the Lok Sabha Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies and a member of the Consultative Committee on the Ministry of Agriculture.
- In 1996, he was re-elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from Balaghat constituency. This was his second term as a Lok Sabha member. The same year, the BJP appointed him the party whip in the Lok Sabha. During his tenure as a Lok Sabha MP, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development and a member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture.
- In 1999, he was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Balaghat constituency for the third time.
- From 1999–2000, he served as a member of various Lok Sabha Parliamentary Committees on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, and Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions.
- In May 2003, he was given the Union Coal Ministry.
On 24 May 2003, BJP leader Prahlad Singh Patel was sworn in as the Union Coal Minister at a swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi and was administered the oath by the then President of India, AJP Abdul Kalam.
- He served as the national president of Bharatiya Janata Mazdoor Mahasangh and Bharatiya Janata Mazdoor Morcha from 2011 to 2014.
- In 2014, he was elected as the Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Damoh constituency. This was his fourth term as Lok Sabha MP.
- In May 2014, he was made a member of the Lok Sabha Parliamentary Committee on Public Undertakings.
- In September 2014, he was given membership of several Lok Sabha parliamentary committees, including the Committee on Government Assurances, the Standing Committee on Rural Development and the Consultative Committee on Ministry of Labor and Employment.
- In 2019, he was re-elected as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Damoh constituency. This was the fifth time he was elected to the lower house of parliament. After his victory, he was given the central portfolio of Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism.
Prahlad Patel takes charge as Union Tourism Minister
- Prahlad contested and won the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Narsinghpur constituency on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket; He won the election by a margin of 31,310 votes.
- He resigned as MP from Lok Sabha on 6 December 2023.
controversies
- In June 2019, Prahlad Singh Patel landed in trouble when his son Prabal Patel was booked under charges of attempt to murder (IPC 207) and kidnapping (IPC 365) for kidnapping and attacking a group of people in Gotegaon town in Madhya Pradesh. ) was arrested on charges of. Reportedly, bullets were also fired by Prabal’s group during the attack, injuring five people.
GK Singh, SP Narsinghpur, on day-to-day clashes between two groups: FIR registered, naming 20 people as accused. Prabal Patel (son of Union Minister Prahlad Patel) and Monu Patel (brother of Prahlad Patel and son of BJP MLA Jalam Singh Patel) have been named for alleged involvement.#Madhya Pradesh pic.twitter.com/CXHFC5ns69
– ANI (@ANI) 19 June 2019
- In April 2021, when entire India was suffering from the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and most of the Indian states were witnessing an acute shortage of oxygen, Prahlad was captured on camera threatening to slap a man who Was pleading with him. An oxygen concentrator for his COVID-19 positive mother. The incident took place on April 22 when Prahlad went to a government hospital in his constituency Damoh and was surrounded by patients’ attendants to complain about the shortage of oxygen and medicine in the hospital. In a video that went viral on social media and landed the MP in trouble, Prahlad was heard saying, “Aisa bolega toh do khayega.” A person who allegedly used offensive words while informing about the oxygen crisis. In response to Prahlad’s “do khayega” comment, the man replied, “Hum khayenge ji, hamari mataram to baise hai khaye ko padi hai.” Tell me what to do?” “Is anyone refusing you oxygen?” (Is anyone denying you oxygen?), Prahlad said. I agreed sir, the cylinder ran only for 5 minutes. We are troubled for 36 hours, where should we go now sir? (Yes sir, the oxygen cylinder they gave me lasted only for five minutes. Now where should I go to find an oxygen cylinder?), the man said while crying. Prahlad received heavy criticism from all sides for his “disrespectful behaviour” towards the grieving man.
Address
F-23, Sainik Society, Shakti Nagar, Jabalpur-482002, Madhya Pradesh
net worth
Prahlad Singh Patel’s net worth is Rs. 2.7 crores. He has total assets of Rs. Rs 3.95 crore and liabilities. Rs 1.24 crore in his name. Prahlad declared the above information in his election affidavit filed with the Election Commission ahead of the 17th Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Prahlad is the founder of Narmada Khand Seva Sansthan Masandha, a campaign for the conservation of the Narmada River that flows through 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh.
- Prahlad runs an NGO which regularly organizes various blood donation and eye donation camps and also works towards the upliftment of underprivileged children by educating them.
- Prahlad follows a completely vegetarian diet. He is also a member of the Vegetarian Council Committee.
- He is a deeply religious person. In 2000, he proposed a bill in the Lok Sabha to criminalize cow slaughter throughout the country.
- His election affidavit states that before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, almost 50 percent of elected MPs had declared criminal cases registered against them, but there is no criminal case registered against Prahlad Singh Patel.
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