Prahlad Singh Patel is an Indian politician affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the current Member of Parliament (Local Assembly) from Damoh constituency. He has been a five-time Lok Sabha MP and is currently the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Wiki/Biography
Prahlad Singh Patel was born on Tuesday, 28 June 1960 (61 years old; as of 2021) in Gotgaon, Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Cancer (कक). He is well educated and holds degrees in B.S., L.L. and M.A. (Philosophy). He received his formal education from Adarsh Vigyan Mahavidyalaya and Rani Durgavati University in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He joined the All India Students’ Union (ABVP), the student wing of the BJP, during his college years and rose through the ranks to become one of the prominent leaders of the BJP.
A 1981 photo shows 21-year-old Prahlad Singh Patel (far right) with his ABVP colleague Prakash Javadekar (sitting on a stool), Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (second from right) and others
appearance
Height (approximate): 6′ 0″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: gray and white
Family and caste
Prahlad Singh Patel belongs to the Lodhi community.
Parents and siblings
His father’s name was Mulam Singh Patel and mother’s name was Yashodabai Patel.
Prahlad Singh Patel’s father and son
Prahalad’s brother Jamal Singh Patel is also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the MP from Narsinghpur constituency since 2013.
Jamal Singh Patel, brother of BJP MP Prahlad Singh Patel
Wife and children
His wife’s name is Pushplata Singh Patel. They got married on 2nd December 1991.
Prahlad Singh Patel and his wife Pushplata Singh Patel
They have three children: a son named Prabal Patel and two daughters named Phalit Singh Patel (architect) and Pratigya Singh Patel. Phalit Singh Patel’s husband Shyambir Singh is a 2018 batch IAS officer.
Prahlad Singh Patel and his daughters
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Profession
- Prahlad Singh, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart, has been associated with the party since 1980, when it was founded.
- In 1982, he was appointed as the district chief of Balaghat district in the central state of the BJP.
- From 1986 to 1990, he served as the state general secretary of the BJP.
- In 1989, he successfully contested the first election and was elected as the ninth Lok Sabha member from Balaghat constituency.
- From 1990 to 1991, he served as a member of the Lok Sabha Standing Parliamentary Committee on the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies and a member of the Advisory Committee to the Ministry of Agriculture.
- In 1996, he was re-elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from Balaghat constituency. This was his second term as Lok Sabha MP. In the same year, the BJP appointed him as Lok Sabha whip. During his tenure as 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 Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture.
- In 1999, he was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Balaghat constituency for the third time.
- During 1999-2000, he served as a member of various parliamentary committees in Lok Sabha on science and technology, environment and forests, and private members’ bills and resolutions.
- In May 2003, he was appointed Union Minister for Coal.
Prahlad Singh Patel, leader of the BJP, is sworn in as India’s coal minister at a ceremony in New Delhi on May 24, 2003. The then Indian President Abdul Kalam administers the oath.
- From 2011 to 2014, he served as the national president of the BJP and the president of the BJP Anti-Japanese Base Area.
- He was elected as the MP (Lok Sabha) from Damau constituency in 2014. This was his fourth term as Lok Sabha MP.
- In May 2014, he was appointed as a member of the Public Utilities Committee of the Lok Sabha.
- In September 2014, he was appointed as a member of various Lok Sabh parliamentary committees, including the Government Assurance Committee, the Standing Committee on Rural Development and the Advisory Committee to the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- In 2019, he was re-elected as MP (Local House) for Damoh constituency. This was his fifth election as a member of the lower house of Parliament. After his victory, he was given the portfolio of Joint Minister of Culture and Tourism.
Prahlad Patel appointed as India’s Tourism Minister
- Prahlad contested the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election on behalf of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and won by a margin of 31,310 votes from the Narsinghpur constituency.
- On December 6, 2023, he resigned from the Lok Sabha.
dispute
- Prahlad Singh Patel was in trouble when his son Prabal Patel was arrested on charges of attempt to murder (IPC 207) and kidnapping (IPC 365) for kidnapping and attacking a group of people in Madhya Pradesh’s Gotgaon town in June 2019. During the attack, Prabal’s gang also reportedly opened fire, injuring five people.
GK Singh, SP Narsinghpur, Two groups clashed yesterday: An FIR has been filed and 20 people have been named as accused. These include Prabal Patel (son of Union MP Prahlad Patel) and Monu Patel (son of Prahlad Patel’s brother and BJP MLA Jalam Singh Patel), who were allegedly involved.#Madhya Pradesh pic.twitter.com/CXHFC5ns69
— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2019
- In April 2021, when the entire country was hit by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and most Indian states were facing severe oxygen shortages, Prahlad was filmed threatening to hit a man for pleading with him to provide an oxygen concentrator for his mother who was diagnosed with the coronavirus. The incident took place on April 22 when Prahlad was attending a public hospital in Damoh, his constituency, and the patient’s attendants surrounded him and complained about the lack of oxygen and medicines in the hospital. In a video that went viral on social media and landed the MP in trouble, Prahlad was heard saying to a man, “Aisa bolega to do khaega.” The man used the offensive term while informing Prahlad about the oxygen crisis. When Prahlad said “Do khaega”, the man replied, “Hum khaenge ji, humari mataram to vaise hi khane ko padi hain. Batao kya karein?” “Shall I share oxygen and mannitol with you today?” (Is there anyone who does not give you oxygen?) Prahlad asked. Manna kiya sir, sirf 5 min k liye chala sir cylinder. 36 He is very kind, can he help me? (Yes sir, the oxygen cylinder they gave me only lasted five minutes, where can I find an oxygen cylinder now?) the man said in a collapse. Prahlad was severely criticized from all sides for his “shameful behavior” towards the grieving man.
address
F-23, Sainik Society, Shakhti Nagar, Jabalpur – 482002, Madhya Pradesh
net worth
Prahlad Singh Patel’s net worth is Rs 2.7 crore. His total assets are Rs 3.95 crore and his liabilities are Rs 1.24 crore. Prahlad had stated the above information in the election affidavit he filed with the Election Commission before the 17th Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
Facts/Trivia
- Prahlad is the founder of the Narmada Khand Seva Sansthan Masandha, an organization that seeks to protect the Narmada river that flows through 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh.
- Prahlad runs an NGO that regularly organizes blood and cornea donation drives, and is also committed to helping poor children improve their lives through education.
- Prahlad is a vegan. He is also a member of the Vegetarian Council.
- He is a deeply religious man. In 2000, he introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to criminalize cow slaughter across the country.
- Before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, nearly 50% of elected MLAs had filed criminal cases, while Prahlad Singh Patel’s election affidavit showed that he had no criminal charges against him.
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