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Bhupesh Baghel

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  • Born 23 August 1960
  • Age 64
  • Birth Place Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
  • Profession Politician
  • Political Party Indian National Congress
  • In Office 3rd Chief Minister Of Chhattisgarh 17 December 2018 - 13 December 2023, Leader Of The House In Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly 17 December 2018 - 3 December 2023, President Of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee 2014-2019, Minister Of Transportation, Government Of Madhya Pradesh 1999-2003

Bhupesh Baghel BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 03 Feb 2025
Bhupesh Baghel, popularly known as Kaka, served as Chhattisgarh's Chief Minister from 2018 to 2023. Born on August 23, 1960, his political career spans decades. He headed the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee from 2014 to 2019. Baghel's legislative career includes representing the Patan consti...

Bhupesh Baghel PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse Mukteshwari Baghel
Education Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (M.A.)

POSITIONS HELD BY Bhupesh Baghel

Position Tenure
Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly N/A
Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh 17 December 2018 - 11 December 2023

BHUPESH BAGHEL NEWS

Chhattisgarh eyes state entities’ excess funds to shore up finances

January 26, 2022 6:48 am

A January 20 order released by the Finance Department, and signed by Special Secretary (Finance) Sharda Verma, asks CEOs and MDs of 20 different boards, authorities and corporations to deposit the surplus amount in their respective bank accounts into the government's K-deposit.

FIR against Bhupesh Baghel for 'violating' Covid protocols while campaigning in Noida

January 17, 2022 7:46 am

As per party officials, the CM was holding a door-to-door campaign along with Pankhuri Pathak, the Congress candidate from Noida constituency.

In letter to Ram Nath Kovind, Bhupesh Baghel's father seeks use of only ballot paper

January 11, 2022 11:39 pm

Claiming that EVMs are violating rights of the citizens, Nand Kumar Baghel wrote in his letter sent on January 10, “All the constitutional rights of the citizens of the country are being violated on a large scale."

Chhattisgarh government, Governor locked in showdown over six pending bills

January 12, 2022 7:12 am

Five of these bills, pending in the Raipur Raj Bhawan for the Governor’s assent since 2020, provide that instead of the Governor deciding the appointment of the universities' Vice Chancellors, the Chhattisgarh Cabinet will appoint their VCs for ‘better management’

Facing power crisis, Gehlot asks Baghel to expedite coal mining clearances

December 28, 2021 8:05 am

Writes to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, says coal supplies will last only till January.

No Opposition alliance sans Congress possible at national level: Bhupesh Baghel

December 05, 2021 2:10 pm

"It is the Congress that has a presence from Kashmir to Kerala. Other Opposition parties don't have that kind of presence," Bhupesh Baghel said.

Bhide Wada will be redeveloped as a national monument, will house a girls’ school too: Bhujbal

November 29, 2021 7:01 pm

🔴 The plan to redevelop Bhide Wada as a national monument has not taken off due to issues related to opposition from shop owners, who run their business from the premises.

Watch: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel gets whipped during Govardhan Puja in Durg

November 05, 2021 1:57 pm

In the video, Baghel, wearing a turban and a traditional attire, is seen standing with one of his arms stretched as a man whips him.

Chhattisgarh Congress leaders brawling in public: Unfortunate, says CM Baghel

October 31, 2021 2:49 pm

Sushil Sunny Agrawal, former secretary of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) was suspended from the party's primary membership after a scuffle broke out between him and a colleague over vehicle parking at Rajiv Bhavan.

Explained: Why the Chhattisgarh govt is going after hookah bars

October 26, 2021 10:17 am

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has emphasised the need to ban narcotics and hookah in the state in a meeting with police officers from across the state. Here's why

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