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Kamal Nath
Kamal Nath is the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. A leader of the Congress party, he was ex-Minister of Urban Development. He is one of the longest-serving and senior most members of Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament). Nath represents the Chhindwara constituency of Madhya Pradesh. Interestingly, nine times, he has been elected from this constituency. In May 2018, to lead the party in the assembly election, he was elected as the president of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). In 1980, he was first elected to the 7th Lok Sabha. In 1985, he was re-elected to the 8th Lok Sabha, in 1989 to the 9th Lok Sabha and in 1991 to the 10th Lok Sabha. In June 1991, he was made Minister of Environment & Forests. He also served as union minister of State, Textiles (Independent Charge) in 1995. He has close ties with the Nehru–Gandhi family.
Kamal Nath
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'Congress celebrating deaths': Shivraj Singh Chouhan's no-holds barred attack on Kamal Nath
India | May 24, 2021, 01:29 PM ISTCM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "The Congress is preparing to set fire. Kamal Nath, will have to answer. Are you celebrating death? I want to ask Sonia Gandhi if she agrees with Kamal Nath's fiery statement?"
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MP: FIR against Kamal Nath for allegedly creating panic through remarks on COVID-19
India | May 23, 2021, 10:49 PM ISTAn FIR was registered against Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Sunday for allegedly creating panic over the coronavirus pandemic through his remarks, a police official said.
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MP govt under-reporting COVID-related deaths, claims Kamal Nath
India | May 23, 2021, 11:28 AM ISTAccording to the official data, the death toll due to COVID-19 stands at 7,394.
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Prakash Javadekar slams Congress over Kamal Nath's 'Indian Corona' remark
Hakikat Kya Hai | May 22, 2021, 09:28 PM ISTUnion Minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar on Saturday slammed former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath for calling a Covid variant as the Indian variant.
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Provide Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia to COVID victims' families: Kamal Nath to CM Shivraj
News | May 22, 2021, 09:20 PM ISTMadhya Pradesh former chief minister Kamal Nath lambasted on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the amount of ex-gratia being provided to family members of COVID victims.
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Kurukshetra: BJP slams Kamal Nath for 'Indian Strain' Covid remark
Kurukshetra | May 22, 2021, 08:20 PM ISTThe BJP on Saturday slammed former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath for allegedly linking a coronavirus variant with India and accused the Congress of making frequent statements to "insult" the country and weaken its fight against COVID-19.
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'PM afraid of Indian variant of COVID-19', says Kamal Nath, BJP minister hits back
News | May 22, 2021, 04:26 PM ISTMP Congress chief Kamal Nath claimed that over 1 lakh people had died in the state due to COVID. He also stated that BJP govt is hiding the real fatality count and also accused Shivraj Singh Chouhan on hiding the reality.
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Mamata Banerjee is leader of the country: Kamal Nath
India | May 05, 2021, 06:10 PM ISTWhen asked by media on the possibility of TMC supremo being pitted against the prime minister in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Madhya Pradesh Congress president said UPA would decide its electoral face at an appropriate time.
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COVID deaths: BJP doing politics on corpses, says Kamal Nath
News | Apr 29, 2021, 07:00 PM ISTFormer Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on April 29 said BJP is doing politics on corpses amid COVID-19 2nd wave.
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Why are there daily deaths in MP if no lack of oxygen, tweets Kamal Nath
India | Apr 24, 2021, 11:44 AM ISTPradesh Kamal Nath slammed Shivraj Singh Chauhan for poor covid 19 management in the state, in a thread of tweets.
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'It's murder': Kamal Nath on COVID management in MP
News | Apr 15, 2021, 05:20 PM ISTFormer Chief Minister Kamal Nath berated Madhya Pradesh Government over its management of COVID-19 in the state.
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Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath joins Made in India app 'Koo'
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'Godse bhakt' Babulal Chaurasia joins Congress in presence of Kamal Nath
India | Feb 25, 2021, 01:23 PM ISTBabulal Chaurasia had earlier quit the Congress and won civic polls as a member of the Hindu Mahasabha.
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Kamal Nath, others unhurt as lift collapses in MP hospital
India | Feb 21, 2021, 11:20 PM ISTMadhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath and around a dozen other people escaped unhurt after an overcrowded lift plunged from a height of 10 feet in an Indore hospital and its doors got jammed on Sunday.
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MP: Close shave for ex-CM Kamal Nath as hospital lift falls, CM Shivraj orders probe
News | Feb 21, 2021, 10:07 PM ISTThe lift landed in the basement from the ground floor while Kamal Nath was in the lift to go to the third floor to visit congress leader Ramesh Patel, admitted to the hospital.
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Kamal Nath files privilege notice against MP health officials
India | Jan 24, 2021, 01:45 PM ISTThe notice, signed by MP Congress president Kamal Nath and party MLAs Sajjan Singh Verma, Dr Govind Singh and P C Sharma, was submitted to the office of the state Assembly speaker on Saturday.
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Shivraj Singh Chouhan expert in 'media politics', makes everything an event: Kamal Nath
News | Dec 28, 2020, 01:16 PM ISTFormer Madhya Pradesh chief minister and president of state Indian National Congress Kamal Nath slammed CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan by saying that he is an expert in 'media politics', "He makes everything an event," he said.
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'Ready to take some rest': Kamal Nath's statement sparks speculation on his political exit
National | Dec 14, 2020, 06:33 PM ISTSenior Congressman and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister has hinted at his possible exit from politics. At a public rally in Chhindwara on Sunday, Nath said he was ready to take some rest and had no ambitions or greed for any post.
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Kamal Nath meets Sonia Gandhi in Delhi amid Centre-farmers tussle over farm laws
India | Dec 08, 2020, 07:06 PM ISTFormer Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress party leader Kamal Nath on Tuesday met party interim chief Sonia Gandhi here and discussed the state's politics and the farmers protest over the three farm Laws. Nath said that the farmers must get the justice.
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Ahmed Patel laid to rest in Gujarat's Bharuch
News | Nov 26, 2020, 06:32 PM ISTSenior Congress leader Ahmed Patel laid to rest in Gujarat's Bharuch on November 26.