Amit Jogi was born on 7 August 1977 and is an American-born Indian politician.
10 Facts About Amit Jogi
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Amit Jogi was supposedly an American citizen by birth, and became an Indian citizen in July 2004 or 2002.
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Amit Jogi is a 1998 graduate of St Stephen's College, Delhi, has an MA in Politics and International Studies, from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, and an LLB from Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.
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Amit Jogi became a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Marwahi in 2013 Assembly Elections.
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Amit Jogi defeated the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate by the highest margin in the state: 46,250 votes.
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Amit Jogi was said to have been involved in an operation of bribing Dilip Singh Judeo in 2003.
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On 23 July 2011, Amit Jogi was attacked by a mob while campaigning for Tanya Solomon, the Indian National Congress candidate for the Jabera by-poll in Madhya Pradesh.
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Amit Jogi later said he would challenge his expulsion as the party is not anybody's bapoti.
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Chhattisgarh Janata Congress was founded by Ajit Jogi, after Jogi and his son Amit were expelled from INC for anti-party activities and for sabotaging Antagarh by-poll elections.
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Ajit Amit Jogi launched a party in Thathapur village of Kawardha district and directly challenged Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.