Raja Pateriya is an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC) who made headlines in December 2022 for inciting people to “murder” Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “save the Constitution.”
Wiki/Biography
Raja Pateriya was born in 1960 (62 years old as of 2022) and hails from Hatta, Madhya Pradesh. He studied at Mahakoshal College of Science, University of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh and dropped out from BSc in the second year. While at Jabalpur University, he was an active student leader.
family
Parents and siblings
Raja Pateriya’s father’s name was Harvansh.
wife and children
Raja Pateriya’s wife’s name is Bakul Raje Pateria and his son’s name is Raja Anand Mohan Pateria.
Raja Pateria with wife and son
caste
Raja Pateriya belonged to a Brahmin Hindu family.
Profession
Raja Pateriya’s association with INC began in 1971, when he was studying at a science college in Jabalpur. Around 1991-92, he contested and won in the by-elections from the Harda Assembly constituency and was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh Assembly. During the 1993 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, he contested from Hatta but was defeated by the BJP candidate Vijay Singh. In 1998, he contested and won the Hatta Assembly seat, defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Dr. Vijay Singh Rajput. From 1998 to 2003, he served as Minister of State for Technical Education, Medical Education and Information Technology in the Congress government led by Digvijaya Singh. At the same time, he was also appointed in charge of the Panna region. Subsequently, Hatta was declared as a seat reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC). As a result, Patria expanded his influence in Panna and got a ticket to contest the 2009 Khajuraho Lok Sabha elections. He contested the 2009 general election from the Khajuraho Lok Sabha seat but lost to the BJP candidate Jeetendra Singh Bundela by a margin of over 27,000 votes. In the 2014 general election, he contested from Khajuraho but lost to the BJP candidate Nagendra Singh by a margin of 2.5 lakh votes. Later, he started serving as the Vice Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee.
dispute
derogatory remarks about women
Once, in an interview with a news channel, Patria was asked if more MPs from Congress could defect to the BJP, to which he allegedly replied:
In this day and age, a man cannot trust his wife, these are still MLAs. “
This statement caused controversy and was condemned by many people.
Statements that kill PM Modi
On December 13, 2022, a video featuring Raja Pateriya in which he urged people to “murder” Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “save the Constitution” went viral on the Internet. In the video, while addressing Congress workers in Pawai Tehsil in Panna district, Patria can be heard saying:
Modi will divide people based on religion and caste. The future of Dalits, Adivasis and other minorities is under threat. If you want to save the Constitution, be prepared to murder Modi, that is, defeat him. “
The remarks triggered a political controversy, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacking the Congress and subsequently registering an FIR against Patria. Thereafter, he was arrested at his residence in Hada. Later, when trying to clarify, he said:
My statement was misunderstood. I’m not really trying to kill the Prime Minister, I’m just trying to defeat him at the election. This was to defeat the government which supported the ideology of (Nathuram) Godse and not the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi. “
INC condemned his remarks and issued him a show-cause notice.
assets/property
movable property
- Deposits with banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies: Rs. 16,95,477
- Value of other assets such as claims/interest: Rs. 95,000
real estate
- Agricultural Land: Rs. 43,83,900
- Non-agricultural land: Rs. 37,80,000
- Commercial Buildings: Rs. 60,00,000
- Residential Building: Rs. 9,00,000
Note: Movable and immovable property estimates given are based on fiscal year 2013-2014. It does not include assets owned by his wife and dependents.
net worth
As of 2014, his net worth is Rs. 1,78,51,307.
Note: Net worth does not include his wife and dependents.
Facts/Trivia
- Raja Pateriya is often known as a leader with Samajwadi ideology and is considered to be part of Digvijaya Singh’s camp in the state assembly.
- While he is embroiled in the “Kill Prime Minister Modi” controversy, he says he admires Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, BR Ambedkar and Ram Manohar Lohia.
- After a disastrous defeat in the 2009 Khajuraho Assembly elections, Patria founded an organization called Adivasis – Vanvasi Dalit Mahasangh, which fought for the rights of adivasis and castes.
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