Kantilal Bhuria

Kantilal Bhuria (born 1 June 1950; Hindi pronunciation: [kaːn̪t̪ɪlaːl bʱuːɾɪjaː]) is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress and was till July 2011 the Minister of Tribal Affairs of the Republic of India.^[1] He had been promoted to the rank of cabinet minister in the United Progressive Alliance-2 government, led by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in 2009. Earlier, he was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.^[2] His successor, the new Minister of Tribal Affairs is V Kishore Chandra Deo, another Congressman.

Kantilal Bhuria assumes the charge of the Union Minister for Agriculture and Food in New Delhi on May 25, 2004

Kantilal Bhuria
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assenbly
In office 24 October 2019 – 3 December 2023
Preceded by	Guman Singh Damor
Succeeded by	Vikrant Bhuria
Constituency	Jhabua
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 24 November 2015 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Dileep Singh Bhuria
Succeeded by	Guman Singh Damor
Constituency	Ratlam
In office 1998–2014
Preceded by	Dileep Singh Bhuria
Succeeded by	Dileep Singh Bhuria
Constituency	Ratlam
Minister of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
In office 24 May 2004 – 2009
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Succeeded by	Ram Vilas Paswan
Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
In office 29 May 2009 – 19 July 2011
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Personal details
Born	(1950-06-01) 1 June 1950 (age 75) Jhabua, Madhya Bharat, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Kalpana Bhuria
Children	2 sons Sandeep Bhuria Vikrant Bhuria
Parents	Nanu Ram Bhuria (father) Ladki Bai (mother)
Residence	Jhabua
Education	M.A., LLB
Alma mater	Chandrashekhar Azad College, Jhabua
Profession	Politician
As of 29 May, 2018 Source:

Political career

Bhuria was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from Jhabua constituency in Madhya Pradesh and in 2009 from Ratlam. He lost 2014 General Election from Ratlam but won the by-poll in 2015. He lost in 2019 General Election again, but was elected to Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha later in 2019 when he won a by-poll in Jhabua (Vidhan Sabha constituency).^[3]