Sukhram Bishnoi (born 3 May 1953) is an Indian politician & Former State Minister of Government of Rajasthan from Rajasthan belonging to the Indian National Congress. He is a Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and represents the Sanchore constituency of Jalore district Rajasthan.[1]

Sukhram Bishnoi
सुखराम बिश्नोई
Minister of State Labour (Independent Charge)

Factory & Boiler inspection (Independent Charge)

RevenueForest & Environment, Government of Rajasthan
In office
November 2021 – 3 Desember 2023
Minister of State Forest & Environment, Government of Rajasthan
In office
December 2018 – November 2021
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
In office
2013 – 3 Desember 2023
Succeeded byJivaram Choudhary
ConstituencySanchore
Personal details
Born (1953-05-03) 3 May 1953 (age 71)
Keriya Sanchore, Jalore, Rajasthan
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSmt.Meera
Children2 Sons & 1 Daughter
EducationB.A., LL.B.
OccupationAdvocate

Educational background

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Bishnoi completed his primary and higher secondary education at his birthplace Sanchore, Rajasthan. He is a law graduate and has started his career as an advocate. As an advocate, he has served for more than 22 years to the poor and backward class of people.[citation needed] He provides free legal aid to the people who are socially and economically backward.[citation needed]

Political career

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His political journey was started in 1998 when he was elected to the post of Up Pradhan (Sanchore) and later, he was elected to the office of Pradhan (Sanchore) in 2002.[citation needed]

He was an Indian National Congress candidate in Sanchore for the 2008 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. He received more than 35 percent of votes and trailed at second position. He was defeated by an Independent candidate by a margin of 2.32 percent.[2]

He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Sanchore in 2013. He received 43.52 percent votes and defeated BJP candidate Jeevaram Choudhary by more than 24,043 votes.[3]

He has served as member of house committee (Rajasthan Legislative Assembly) from 2014 to 2016 and is serving as member of house committee for a third term.[4] He is a member of the Pradesh Congress Committee.

Again in 2018, he won from Sanchore Constituency with a margin of around 20k votes. Currently, he is Minister of State Forest & Environment in Government of Rajasthan.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Sanchore Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: Independent's Jiva Ram Choudhary defeats INC's Sukhram Vishnoi with 4671 votes". India Today. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Election Commission of India, state Election, 2008 to the legislative assembly of Rajasthan" (PDF). Ceorajasthan.nic.in. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ "14th Vidhan Sabha General Elections-2013 in Rajasthan" (PDF). Ceorajasthan.nic.in. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Members Page". Rajassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 20 January 2017.