Badal Patralekh

Badal Patralekh is an Indian politician from the Congress. He was Minister for Agriculture in the Government of Jharkhand.

Badal Patralekh
Minister for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Co-Operatives Government of Jharkhand
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2020
Chief Minister	Hemant Soren
Preceded by	Randhir Kumar Singh BJP
Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office 23 December 2019 – 23 December 2024
Chief Minister	Hemant Soren
Speaker	Rabindra Nath Mahato
Succeeded by	Devendra Kunwar
Constituency	Jarmundi
In office 23 December 2014 – 23 December 2019
Chief Minister	Raghubar Das
Speaker	Dinesh Oraon
Preceded by	Hari Narayan Ray, IND
Constituency	Jarmundi
Personal details
Born	Badal Patralekh Kushmaha, Sarwan, Deoghar, Bihar (Now in Jharkhand) India
Citizenship	India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence	Deoghar
Education	12th Pass
Occupation	Farmer, politician

He was elected MLA for Jarmundi constituency, representing Congress party, in the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election and was reelected again in 2019. He sought reelection in 2024, but lost to Devendra Kunwar by a margin of ~17,000 votes.^[1]

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

SI No.	Year	Legislative Assembly	Constituency	Margin	Party	Post
1.	2014		Jarmundi	2,708	Indian National Congress
2.	2019		Jarmundi	3,099	Indian National Congress	Cabinet Minister