Ajit Promod Kumar Jogi (April 29, 1947- May 29, 2020) was the first Chief Minister of the state of Chhattisgarh India, soon after the new state of Chhattisgarh was carved out( 1 Nov 2000) from Madhya Pradesh. As a CM he served from 1 November 2000 to 7 December 2003, a total duration of 3 years and 34 days. He has been a part of the Indian National Congress till 6 June 2016. He gave a boosting start as a CM of the state. He was known as one of the most intellectual politicians due to his education as well as amazing communication skills in Hindi, English, Chhattisgarhi.
From a graduate to a political leader.
In 1968 he achieved a gold medal in Mechanical Engineering from Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal. (NIT Bhopal ). Simultaneously, he worked as a lecturer for one year (1967-68) at Government Engineering College Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He later got a degree of law from Delhi University and cleared Civil Services and became an IPS. He didn’t stop till then, after a span of one and a half years he was chosen as an IAS officer. Jogi administered and set a record of the longest-serving Collector/District Magistrate for over 12 years at Sidhi, Shahdol, Raipur and Indore districts of Madhya Pradesh from 1974 to 1986. While serving as a DM of Indore, he got a call from the Prime Minister of that time ie Rajiv Gandhi, and offered him to join politics(not confirmed, some reports also say it was Arjun Singh’s proposal to join politics ) and then his journey as a political leader began.
Political career.
1986-Jogi started up his political career in 1986 when he came to be a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on the interest of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
1987-He was elected as General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee, Madhya Pradesh.
1998-Elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) to the 12th Lok Sabha for the Raigarh community in Chhattisgarh.
1998–2000-Spokesman, AICC, Whip, Congress Parliamentary Party, Working President, Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee.
2000–2003-Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. After 2003 congress was defeated by the BJP and led to the end of his journey as a CM.
2004-He was elected as MP in the 14th Lok Sabha for Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh.
2008-Elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh, symbolizing the Marwahi constituency.
2009-Jogi confirmed as a Lok Sabha member Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund constituency after getting chosen in 2009 Lok Sabha Elections. Jogi, however, failed to retain his seat in the 2014 LS polls and lost to BJP’s Chandu Lal Sahu by 133 votes.
https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/ajit-jogi-58161.html
2016- He established a new political outfit Chhattisgarh Janata Congress.
What led to the formation of a new party in 2016? In 2016, Ajit Jogi and his son Amit Jogi were expelled from Indian National Congress for anti-party activities and destroying by-polls in Antagarh, Chhattisgarh. His son Amit was eliminated from the Congress party for 6 years. This is considered as the main reason for shifting his assistance to a newly formed party.
Health and death. In 2004, a year after his defeat from BJP, he met with a terrible accident which resulted in leaving him partially disabled, though he never gave up! On May 9, 2020, he suffered a cardiac arrest and hurried to Sri Narayana Hospital in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. He was in a coma and put on a ventilator. After battling for 20 days, he expired to multiple heart attacks and breathed his last on 29 May 2020.
He is truly an inspiration from achieving a gold medal then serving as an IAS, and thereafter
performing his duties as the first Chief Minister of Chattisgarh!
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