Sanjay Pathak
| Sanjay Pathak | |
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| Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Independent Charge), Higher Education, Social Justice and Disability Welfare Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
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Assumed office 08 December 2014 | |
| Constituency | Vijayraghavgarh, Katni |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 October 1970 Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Height | 5.10 |
| Residence | Katni |
Sanjay Pathak is a State Minister of Madhya Pradesh (स्वतंत्र प्रभार), सूक्ष्म, लघु और मध्यम उद्यम, उच्च शिक्षा, सामाजिक न्याय एवं नि:शक्तजन कल्याण) Government of Madhya Pradesh and three time MLA from Vijayraghavgarh Vijayraghavgarh constituency of Katni District in Madhya Pradesh State, India.
Personal
Sanjay Pathak was born in Katni, Madhya Pradesh. His father, Satyendra Pathak, served as a government minister.
Political career
He has been appointed minister of state from Madhya Pradesh on July 1, 2016 by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Cabinate[1][2] Former Katni Zilla (district) Panchayat President, Sanjay Pathak won the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008 from his constituency Vijayraghavgarh.
In the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election 2008,contesting assembly elections first time in his life, he defeated sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Dhruv Pratap Singh by more than 20,000 votes. He retained his seat in the 2013 Elections, though this time he won by very little margin of 950 votes against his rival Ms. Padma Shukla of BJP. He resigned for his seat in April 2014 and joined BJP and won the August By-Poll with a huge margin of 53397 votes. He was a Congress MLA from 2008 to 2014. He is elected 3 times MLA in Vijayraghavgarh Constituency.[3][4]