Raman Singh is a veteran BJP leader and serving Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh since 2003. He is seeking his fourth term as the top boss in the Naxal-affected state. An ENT ayurvedic doctor by profession, Raman Singh was born in Kawardha to Vighnaharan Singh Thakur, an advocate, and Sudha Singh. After completion of schooling, he graduated from Government Science College, Bemetara in 1972. He studied Ayurvedic Medicine at Government Ayurvedic College, Raipur. Singh joined the Bharatiya Jan Sangh as a youth member and was the president of youth wing in Kawardha in 1976-77. He progressed to become a councillor of Kawardha municipality in 1983. He was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly consecutively in 1990 and 1993. In 1999 he was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from the Rajnandgaon constituency in Chhattisgarh. He served as Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry from 1999 to 2003 during Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. Singh left the Union cabinet post to become CM of his home state.
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Raipur, Sep 4: At least 20 Congress workers were injured and some 1,000 protesters arrested and lodged in a makeshift jail following clashes with police Tuesday in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur.The Congress workers were demanding the
New Delhi, Aug 25: Erstwhile Team Anna will gherao the residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari here tomorrow on the coal block allocation issue even as prominent member Kiran Bedi
New Delhi, July 16: Congress today ridiculed Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh for his reported remarks that father should be punished if the son commits crime as the latter inherits the DNA and genes of
Raipur, May 4: Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and the Maoists' mediators today emphatically said there was no secret deal or any quid pro quo between Naxals and the state government behind the release of
Chandigarh, Feb 18: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday vehemently opposed the Centre's decision to set up an apex counter-terror organization, terming it as a measure to usurp whatever is left of the
New Delhi, Nov 20: With Prime Ministerial aspirants said to be in abundance in BJP, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh seems to suggest that the race for the top job is wide open.Singh, however, insists
New Delhi, Nov 20: Chhattisgarh, at the centre of the Maoist corridor and which has borne the brunt of vicious naxal attacks in recent times, wants an integrated action plan for development to check the
Kolkata, Jul 11: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday criticised the Centre's decision to keep activist Binayak Sen in the Planning Commission's steering committee on health saying he has written to the Prime Minister
For the first time, Congress on Friday demanded resignation of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh in the wake of the Narayanpur attack on CRPF personnel by Maoists. "Raman Singh should resign owning moral responsibility for
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