Jagdish Devda

Jagdish Devda is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party currently serving as the deputy chief minister of Madhya Pradesh alongside with Rajendra Shukla. He is representing Malhargarh Assembly constituency as an MLA for the 6th time in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Jagdish Devda
Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 December 2023 Serving with Rajendra Shukla
Governor	Mangubhai C. Patel
Chief Minister	Mohan Yadav
Preceded by	Jamuna Devi (1998-2003)
Cabinet Minister Madhya Pradesh Government
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2020
Chief Minister	Mohan Yadav Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Ministry & Departments	Finance Commercial Taxes Planning, Economic & Statistics
Preceded by	Tarun Bhanot
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2008
Constituency	Malhargarh
Personal details
Born	(1957-07-01) 1 July 1957 (age 67)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Renu Devda
Education	M.A., LL.B.
Alma mater	Vikram University

Early life

Devda completed the Master of Arts and Law degree from Vikram University, Ujjain.

Political career

In 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Devda won the Malhargarh Assembly constituency as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate which he has been representing since the last 6 elections.

On December 13, 2023, Devda was appointed Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh along with Rajendra Shukla in the Ministry of Mohan Yadav. He also had the responsibility of Finance & Commercial Tax in the Government of Madhya Pradesh.^[2]