Ramnivas Rawat

Ramnivas Rawat (born 21 January 1960) is an Indian politician serving as Madhya Pradesh Working President of the Indian National Congress .^[2] He started his political career in Indian Youth Congress and had been the five-time legislator from Vijaypur constituency in Madhya Pradesh Vijaypur and cabinet minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh cabinet. He unsuccessfully contested for Indian parliament in 2019 against BJP leader Narendra Singh Tomar.^[3]

Ramnivas Rawat
Cabinet Minister Madhya Pradesh GovernmentMinister of Forest And Environment
In office 8 July 2024 – 5 December 2024
Chief Minister	Mohan Yadav
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2023–2024
Preceded by	Sitaram Aadivashi
Succeeded by	Mukesh Malhotra
Constituency	Vijaypur
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2003–2018
Preceded by	Baboolal Mewra
Constituency	Vijaypur
In office 1990–1998
Preceded by	Baboolal Mewra
Succeeded by	Baboolal Mewra
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-21) 21 January 1960 (age 65) Sunwai, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (1986–2024)
Spouse	Uma Rawat
Residence	Sheopur
Education	LLB[1]
Alma mater	Jiwaji University, Gwalior
Profession	Politician
As of 23 July, 2018 Source: ["Biography" (PDF). Vidhan Sabha, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.]

Personal life

Rawat was born on 21 January 1960 to Late Ganesh Prasad Rawat and Bhanti bai in Sunvai Tehsil in Vijaypur in Madhya Pradesh. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and later earned a Masters with Gold Medal in History and LLB. Rawat is married to Uma Rawat, with whom he has two sons and two daughters.^[4]

Political career

Five Term MLA Rawat entered politics through Indian Youth Congress in 1986. He was first elected as MLA from Vijaypur in 1990 and then in 1993. Rawat was inducted as Cabinet Minister in 1993 in Digvijay Singh cabinet.^[5][6] Subsequently, he won his elections from Vijaypur constituency in 2003, 2008 and 2013. In 2018 Assembly election, he lost to his nearest rival by 2890 votes from Vijaypur constituency.^[7] In 2019 Loksabha election, he contested against Narendra Singh Tomar and lost by 1,13,341 votes from Morena Lok Sabha.^[3]

Rawat joined BJP .^[8] on 30 April 2024 in the presence of MP CM mohan yadav .^[9] He took oath as minister in Madhya Pradesh cabinet on 8 July 2024.^[10]