Sanjay Pathak
Sanjay Pathak | |
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In office 2008 | |
Constituency | Vijayraghavgarh, Katni |
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Born |
Madhya Pradesh, India | 31 October 1970
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Height | 5.10 |
Residence | Katni |
Religion | Hinduism |
Sanjay Pathak is a Minister of State (स्वतंत्र प्रभार), सूक्ष्म, लघु और मध्यम उद्यम, उच्च शिक्षा, सामाजिक न्याय एवं नि:शक्तजन कल्याण) Government of Madhya Pradesh and three time MLA from Vijayraghavgarh constituency of Katni District in Madhya Pradesh State, India.
Personal
Sanjay Pathak was born in Katni, Madhya Pradesh. His father, Satyendra Pathak, served as a government minister under Digvijaya Singh.
Political career
He has been appointed minister of state from Madhya Pradesh on July 1 2016 by CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan in a cabinet reshuffle. Former Katni Zilla (district) Panchayat President, Sanjay Pathak won the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008 from his family constituency Vijayraghavgarh. In the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008,contesting assembly elections first time in his life, he defeated sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Dhruv Pratap Singh by more than 20,000 votes. He retained his seat in the 2013 Elections, though this time he won by very little margin of 950 votes against his rival Ms. Padma Shukla of BJP. He Resigned for his seat in April 2014 and joined BJP and won the August By-Poll huge margin of 53397 votes.