Dr. Narottam Mishra (born 15 April 1960) is the former Minister for Home Affairs, Law and Legislative Affairs, Prisons, and Parliamentary Affairs in Government of Madhya Pradesh.

Narottam Mishra
Cabinet Minister
Government of Madhya Pradesh
In office
21 April 2020 – 2023
Ministry
Term
Minister of Law
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
13 July 2020 -2023
Minister of Home Affairs21 April 2020 -2023
Minister of Health & Family Welfare21 April 2020 - 13 July 2020
In office
21 December 2013 – 17 December 2018
Ministry
Term
Minister of Water Resources4 July 2016 - 17 December 2018
Minister of Information & Public Relations4 July 2016 - 17 December 2018
Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Minister of Medical Education
Minister of AYUSH
21 December 2013 - 4 July 2016
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs21 December 2013 - 17 December 2018
In office
28 October 2009 – 14 December 2013
Ministry
Term
Minister of Health & Family Welfare27 January 2011 - 14 December 2013
Minister of Housing26 May 2010 - 14 December 2013
Minister of Law
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
28 October 2009 -14 December 2013
In office
1 June 2005 – 12 December 2008
Ministry
Term
Minister of Urban Development27 August 2007 - 12 December 2008
Minister of Education29 November 2005 - 27 August 2007
Minister of Law1 June 2005 - 27 August 2007
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs1 June 2005 - 12 December 2008
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
8 December 2008 – 2023
Preceded byGhanshyam Singh
Succeeded byRajendra Bharti
ConstituencyDatia
In office
1998–2008
Preceded byJawahar Singh Rawat
Succeeded byImarti Devi
ConstituencyDabra
In office
1990–1993
Preceded byNarsingrao Pawar
Succeeded byJawahar Singh Rawat
ConstituencyDabra
Personal details
Born (1960-04-15) 15 April 1960 (age 64)
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Parent
  • Shivdutt Mishra (father)

He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and represents Datia constituency in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, from where he has been elected thrice consecutively, having also previously represented Dabra thrice. He lost 2023 assembly election against congress candidate Bharti Rajendra on 3rd December 2023.

Early life

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He holds an M.A., and Ph.D. from Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 1998.[1] He was Secretary of Jiwaji University Gwalior's students union in year 1977-78 and member of State Executive Body of MP Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1978–80.[citation needed]

Political career

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Dr. Narottam Mishra is serving as the Minister for Home Affairs, Law, Prisons, and Parliamentary Affairs. He is a six-time member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was first elected to 9th Vidhan Sabha in 1990 and was re-elected in 1998 and 2003 from Dabra assembly constituency of Gwalior district, and in 2008, 2013 and 2018 from Datia assembly constituency.

Dr. Narottam Mishra has been a Minister from 2005-2008, 2009-2018 and 2020-present.

He was inducted into Shri Babulal Gaur's Council of Ministers on 1 June 2005 as a Minister of State.

Dr. Mishra was inducted in Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Council of Ministers on 4 December 2005 as Minister of State, and was later made a Cabinet Minister.

While being a Member of the Legislative Assembly, he contested the Lok Sabha election in 2009 but lost to Jyotiraditya Scindia. Soon after, he was re-inducted into Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Council of Ministers on 28 October 2009 as Cabinet Minister. He again took oath as Cabinet Minister on 21 December 2013. He has served as Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Urban Development, Public Relations, Water Resources, Law and Legislative Affairs, and Parliamentary Affairs, across his various terms.

He was disqualified by the EC on 23 June 2017 for filing wrong accounts of election expenditure in the 2008 Assembly polls and for using paid news in his election campaign and for not furnishing proper accounts of poll expenses.[2][3] Mishra moved to Supreme court for relief.[4] Vide its judgement dated 18 May 2018, the Delhi High Court set aside the order of the Election Commission, while also noting that "in the facts and circumstances of the case; there was no manner of proof that could be reasonably accepted by a tribunal established by law."[5]

He took Oath on 20 April 2020 as the Minister for Home Affairs, and Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh. Subsequent to a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed the Minister for Law and Legislative Affairs, Prisons, and Parliamentary Affairs, while continuing to retain the Ministry for Home Affairs.

Commenting on a riot on 10 April 2022 and the state's response with bulldozers the following day, he advised: "The house from where stones came, will be made into a pile of stones."[6]

References

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  1. ^ "::Department Of Public Relations,Madhya Pradesh::". mpinfo.org. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  2. ^ "From Paid News to PR Minister, the Rise and Fall of BJP Leader Narottam Mishra". The Wire.
  3. ^ "EC disqualifies MP Minister Narottam Mishra for three years". The Hindu. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ Ghadyalpatil, Abhiram (27 July 2017). "Who is Narottam Mishra?". livemint.com/. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Dr. Narottam Mishra vs Election Commission of India And ... on 18 May, 2018". indiankanoon.org. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Justice in India is growing ever more partisan". The Economist (subscription or free registration to read). 30 April 2022. p. 29. Retrieved 11 May 2022. On April 10th rioters in the town of Khargone in the state of Madhya Pradesh vandalised Muslim-owned property and burned down houses. Yet a day later government bulldozers wrecked 29 Muslim-owned houses and 16 shops. Narottam Mishra, the state's home minister, made the objective clear: "The house from where stones came, will be made into a pile of stones."