22 Facts About Bhupesh Baghel

Bhupesh Baghel was president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress from 2014 to 2019.

Bhupesh Baghel represented the Patan constituency in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2013 and from 2003 to 2008.

Bhupesh Baghel had been cabinet minister of Transportation in undivided Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh government from 1999 to 2003.

Bhupesh Baghel was born on 23 August 1960 in the Durg district.

Bhupesh Baghel belongs to Kurmi, an Other Backward community, and he had been an OBC face of the Congress for long in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Bhupesh Baghel started his political career at Indian Youth Congress and became a member of All India Congress Committee, he was the General Secretary and Program Coordinator of the Pradesh Congress Committee.

Bhupesh Baghel was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993 from Patan and was later elected five times from same seat.

Bhupesh Baghel again became MLA in 2003 state election from the same seat.

Bhupesh Baghel lost the Patan assembly seat in 2008 elections.

Bhupesh Baghel won Patan Vidhan Sabha seat in the 2013 election and became a member of the Working Committee, Chhattisgarh Assembly.

Bhupesh Baghel was President of the state unit of Indian National Congress from October 2014 to June 2019.

Bhupesh Baghel managed to sideline ex-Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and his son Amit Jogi in state congress after the Antagarh Assembly by-election audio tape row.

Bhupesh Baghel became MLA from the Patan assembly seat again and became the Chief Minister of the state, defeating BJP's Raman Singh, after leading the opposition in Chhattisgarh State Assembly for 15 years.

Bhupesh Baghel took oath as chief minister on 17 December 2018.

Bhupesh Baghel was replaced by Kondagaon MLA Mohan Markam as PCC President in June 2019.

On 21 July 2020, the Bhupesh Baghel-led Chhattisgarh government launched the Godhan Nyay Yojana to promote organic farming, create new employment opportunities at the rural and urban levels, promote cow rearing and cow protection, as well as to benefit cattle farmers financially.

Bhupesh Baghel has devoted his time to tribal people and has inspired young people by teaching them about compassion and serving others.

On 1 November 2020, to mark Statehood Day, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel unveiled the scheme.

Bhupesh Baghel said that the government would establish English medium government colleges in various cities across the state to increase higher education in the region.

Bhupesh Baghel who has taken the charges as the Chief Minister has already successfully backed and hosted Road Safety World Series at the state capital Raipur.

Immediately after coming to power, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel took a decision to return 4400 acres of the land to 1707 tribal families.

On 2 October 2019, Bhupesh Baghel launched the Mukhyamantri Haat Bazaar Clinic Yojana, an innovative health care scheme is bringing health cared facilities to the doorsteps of these people.