Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi
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Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi (2 August 1931 – 5 April 2015) was an Indian politician who was one of the founding Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in Rajasthan. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha. He was cabinet minister in earlier state BJP ministries with responsibilities of important portfolios.[1] He was earlier state president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Rajasthan .. He had a Master of Science degree in physics. He was imprisoned in 1949 while participating in satyagraha to lift ban on RSS during 1948-50; organized movement against emergency and remained in jail for eighteen months, 1974-76. He was the only cabinet minister to have resigned for Ram Mandir movement in 1991.
He was born on 2 August 1931 in Kota (Rajasthan), he had done MSc in Physics and was working as lecturer in various government colleges (from 1954-1966). He was married to Urmila Chaturvedi.
Electoral history
- Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1977-1980)
- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1980-1985)
- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1985-1990)
- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1990-1992)
- Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, Kota (Rajasthan) (1993-1998)
- Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha (Rajasthan) (2004-2010)