Prahlad Singh Patel is an Indian politician associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a sitting Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Damo constituency. He, a five-time Lok Sabha MP, is the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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Prahlad Singh Patel was born on Tuesday, 28 June 1960 (age 61; as of 2021) in Gotegaun, Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. His zodiac sign is Cancer (कर्क). He is a well educated person with B.Sc., LL.B. and MA (Philosophy) degrees. He received his formal education from Adarsh Vigyan Mahavidyalaya and Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He became associated with the BJP’s student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), during his college days, and thereafter climbed the political ladder to become one of the prominent leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
A 1981 picture showing twenty-one-year-old Prahlad Singh Patel (extreme right) with his ABVP colleagues Prakash Javadekar (sitting on a stool), Gangapuram Kishan Reddy (second from right) and others.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 6′0″
Eye Color: Black
Hair color: salt and pepper
family and caste
Prahlad Singh Patel belongs to Lodhi community.
parents and siblings
Father’s name is Mulam Singh Patel and mother’s name is Yashodabai Patel.
Father and son of Prahlad Singh Patel
Prahalad’s brother, Jamal Singh Patel, is also a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), serving as MLA from Narsinghpur constituency since 2013.
Jamal Singh Patel, brother of BJP MP Prahlad Singh Patel
wife and children
His wife’s name is Pushplata Singh Patel. They were married on December 2, 1991.
Prahlad Singh Patel with his wife Pushplata Singh Patel
They have three children: a son named Prabal Patel and two daughters, Falit Singh Patel (an architect) and Pratigia Singh Patel. Falit Singh Patel’s husband, Shyambir Singh, is a 2018 batch IAS officer.
Prahlad Singh Patel with his daughters
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Career
- BJP stalwart Prahlad Singh has been associated with the party since its inception in 1980.
- In 1982, he was appointed as the district president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from Balahat, Madhya Pradesh.
- From 1986 to 1990, he held the post of General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in Madhya Pradesh.
- In 1989, he successfully contested his first election and was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Balaghat constituency.
- From 1990 to 1991, he was a member of the Lok Sabha Standing Committee on the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies and also a member of the Advisory Committee on the Ministry of Agriculture.
- In 1996, he was re-elected to the 11th Lok Sabha from Balaghat constituency. This was his second term as a member of the Lok Sabha. The same year, the BJP appointed him as the party whip in the Lok Sabha. While a member of the Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Standing Committee of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture.
- In 1999, he was elected for the third time to the 13th Lok Sabha from Balaghat constituency.
- In 1999-2000, he served as a member of the Lok Sabha Parliamentary Committees on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, and Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions.
- In May 2003, he was given the Union Ministry of Coal.
BJP leader Prahlad Singh Patel is sworn in as Union Minister for Coal and then President of India AJP Abdul Kalam is sworn in during an oath-taking ceremony in New Delhi on May 24, 2003.
- From 2011 to 2014, he served as the National President of Bharatiya Janata Mazdoor Mahasang and Bharatiya Janata Mazdoor Morcha.
- In 2014, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Damo constituency. This was his fourth term as a Lok Sabha MP.
- In May 2014, he became a member of the Lok Sabha Parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprises.
- In September 2014, he was appointed as a member of numerous parliamentary committees, which included the Government Assurances, the Standing Committee on Rural Development and the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Labor and Employment.
- In 2019, he was re-elected as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Damo constituency. He was elected to the lower house of parliament for the fifth time. After the victory, he was given the Union portfolio of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Prahlad Patel takes charge as Union Minister for Tourism
confrontations
- In June 2019, Prahlad Singh Patel landed in hot water when his son Prabal Patel was arrested on charges of attempted murder (IPC 207) and kidnapping (IPC 365) for abducting and attacking a group of people in Gotegaon, Madhya Pradesh. According to reports, during the attack, Prabali’s group also opened fire, as a result of which five people were injured.
GK Singh, SP Narsinghpur, about encounter b/w 2 groups y’day: FIR filed naming 20 persons as accused. It includes Prabal Patel (son of Union Min Prahlad Patel) and Monu Patel (son of brother of Prahlad Patel and son of BJP MLA Jalam Singh Patel) for their alleged involvement.#MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/CXHFC5ns69
— ANI (@ANI) June 19, 2019
- In April 2021, when the whole of India was suffering from the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and most of the Indian states were witnessing an acute shortage of oxygen, Prahlad was caught on camera threatening a man who begged him for an oxygen concentrator for his COVID-19 positive mother. The incident took place on April 22 when Prahlad visited a government hospital in his constituency Damoh and was surrounded by patient attendants to complain about the lack of oxygen and medicines at the hospital. In a video that went viral on social media and landed the MP in trouble, Prahlad was heard saying, “Aiza Bolega to do Khaega.” To the man who allegedly used an unpleasant word while informing about the oxygen crisis. In response to Prahlad’s ‘do khaega’ remark, the man replied, ‘Hum khaenge ji, humari mataram to vaise ha khane ko padi hain. Batao kia carein?” “Kya tumhe koi oxygen k liye manna kar raha hai?” (Anyone giving up oxygen?), Prahlad said. Manna kia sir surf 5 minute k lie chala sir cylinder. 36 ghante se pareshan hain, hum, kahan jaayen ab sir bolo? (Yes sir, the oxygen cylinder they gave me only lasted five minutes. Where do I go now to find an oxygen cylinder?) said the man as he broke down. Prahlad received heavy criticism from all quarters for his “disgraceful conduct” towards the grieving man.
Address
F-23, Sainik Society, Shakhti Nagar, Jabalpur-482002, Madhya Pradesh
Net worth
Prahlad Singh Patel net worth is Rs. 2.7 million. He has a total property worth Rs. 3.95 million and liabilities in GEL. 1.24 million in his name. Prahlad announced the above information in his election statement submitted to the Election Commission ahead of the 17th Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
Facts/Trivia
- Prahlad is the founder of Narmada Khand Seva Sansthan Masandha, a campaign aimed at conserving the Narmada River, which flows through 15 districts of Madhya Pradesh.
- Prahlad runs an NGO that regularly conducts blood donation and eye donation camps and also works to uplift underprivileged children through their education.
- Prahlad follows a strictly vegetarian diet. He is also a committee member of the Vegetarian Council.
- He is a deeply religious person. In 2000, he proposed a bill in the Lok Sabha to criminalize cow slaughter across the country.
- While nearly 50 per cent of elected MPs have registered criminal cases against them ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prahlad Singh Patel does not have any criminal case registered against him, his election affidavit said.
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