Gaurishankar Bisen

Gaurishankar Bisen (born 1 January 1952) is a former cabinet minister in Government of Madhya Pradesh. He represents as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Balaghat constituency of Madhya Pradesh since 2008. He is a member and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.^[1][2]

Gaurishankar Bisen
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Balaghat
In office 2003 – 2023
Preceded by	Ashok Singh Sarswar
Succeeded by	Anubha Munjare
Minister of Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development, Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office 2013 – December 2018
Succeeded by	Sachin Subhash Yadav
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2004 – 2009
Succeeded by	K. D. Deshmukh
Constituency	Balaghat
Personal details
Born	(1952-01-01) 1 January 1952 (age 73) Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Rekha Gaurishankar Bisen
Children	2 daughters
Residence(s)	Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
As of 22 July, 2019 Source:

Political career

On 10 March 1985, Bisen was elected to the 8th Vidhan Sabha from the Balaghat Legislative Constituency of Madhya Pradesh. He has been elected five times for the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the 13th Vidhan Sabha Balaghat Legislative Constituency of Madhya Pradesh, with a margin of over 10,000 votes on 8 December 2008. In 1998 and 2004 he was elected to the 12th and 14th Lok Sabha (Lower House) from the Balaghat Parliamentary Constituency of Madhya Pradesh. He became a cabinet minister under the Madhya Pradesh government headed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 20 December 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Positions held

Year	Position Held
1985–2003	Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (four terms) Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Estimates Committee Member, Public Accounts Committee Member, Library Committee
1991–98	Member, Committee on Public Works Department Member, Committee on Irrigation Member, Committee on Higher Education
1998	Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
1998–99	Member, Committee on Defence Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
2001–04	President, State Kissan Morcha, B.J.P.
2004	Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term) Member, Committee on Energy
June 2005	State Vice President, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Aug 2006–present	Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House
Aug 2007–present	Member, Standing Committee on Energy