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Gopal Bhargava
Cabinet Minister Government of Madhya Pradesh
Ministry
Term
Minister of Public Works Department Minister of Cottage & Rural Industry
2 July 2020 - 12 December 2023
In office 21 December 2013 – 12 December 2018
Ministry
Term
Minister of Rural Development Minister of Co-operation Minister of Social Justice
21 December 2013 – 12 December 2018
In office 20 December 2008 – 9 December 2013
Ministry
Term
Minister of Rural Development
20 December 2008 – 9 December 2013
Minister of Social Justice
1 November 2009 – 9 December 2013
In office 8 December 2003 – 10 December 2008
Ministry
Term
Minister of Agriculture
8 December 200 3–10 December 2008
Minister of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs
8 December 2003 – 4 December 2005
Minister of Co-operation
8 December 2003 – 10 December 2008
Minister of Revenue Minister of Religious Trusts & Endowments
8 December 2003 – 4 December 2005
Leader of the Opposition Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 7 January 2019 – 23 March 2020
Chief Minister
Kamal Nath
Preceded by
Ajay Arjun Singh
Succeeded by
Kamal Nath
9thTimes Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 1985
Preceded by
Mahadev Prasad Manoharlal
Constituency
Rehli
Personal details
Born
(1952-07-01) 1 July 1952 (age 71) Garhakota, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party
Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Rekha Bhargava
Children
Abhishek Gopal Bhargava 3 Daughters
Parent(s)
Sushila Devi Bhargava Shankarlal Bhargava
Residence
Garhakota & Bhopal
Website
www.gopalbhargava.in[dead link]
Gopal Bhargava (born 1 July 1952) is an Indian politician and currently senior most legislator and was cabinet minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. He has served as a cabinet minister for his six term, which is the highest number of terms any minister could complete in the government. He has also been the leader of opposition in the 15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[2] He is the only person who has served as a cabinet minister for 15 consecutive years in the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party, and has been the member of the Legislative Assembly nine times consecutively, representing Rehli since 1985. He is only MLA in History of Madhya Pradesh to win 9 consecutive election from same constituency.[3] He has become second most senior legislator in Madhya Pradesh history after EX-CM Babulal Gaur.He is also elected as Protem Speaker of 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly[4][5][6]
^"9वीं बार बने विधायक, 18 साल रहे मंत्री... फिर भी गोपाल भार्गव को नहीं मिली मोहन कैबिनेट में जगह". mpcg.ndtv.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^"BJP Picks 'RSS Man' Gopal Bhargav as Leader of Opposition in MP Assembly". News18. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^"9वीं बार बने विधायक, 18 साल रहे मंत्री... फिर भी गोपाल भार्गव को नहीं मिली मोहन कैबिनेट में जगह". mpcg.ndtv.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^Nath, Damini (16 October 2019). "ECI advises Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Gopal Bhargava to be 'more careful'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^"MP minister Gopal Bhargava sixth in Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet to test coronavirus positive". India Today. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^"Video: मंत्री गोपाल भार्गव का दिखा अलग अंदाज, ग्वालों के साथ जमकर किया 'दिवारी नृत्य'". Zee Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh (in Hindi). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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