Narendra Tomar New MP Speaker: Former union minister and newly elected MLA of Dimani Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh, Narendra Singh Tomar, will be the next speaker of the state legislature, the BJP announced on Monday as it revealed its pick for the post of Chief Minister. While Tomar will preside over the proceedings of the MP Legislative Assembly, BJP MLA from Ujjain South, Mohan Yadav, will lead the state government as CM, the BJP informed.
Tomar defeated a fray of candidates led by his closest competitor, BSP candidate Balveer Singh Dandotiya, whom he defeated by a margin of 24,461 votes. He resigned from his parliamentary membership last week after emerging victorius in the race for the MLA of Dimani. Tomar was among the three union ministers who were fielded by the BJP in Madhya Pradesh for the recently concluded Assembly election. He is a veteran BJP leader and has served as MLA, MP and minister in state and central governments numerous times since 1998.
Narendra Tomar's Political Journey
- Tomar served three consecutive terms as the MLA of Gwalior, with his first elecion to the post in 1998.
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- The BJP leader was nominated to the Rajya Sabha as an MP by his party in 2009, and continued to be in the role until his victory from Morena in the 2009 Lok Sabha election.
- In 2014, Tomar won his second straight term as a Lok Sabha MP, this time, however, from the Gwalior parliamentary seat.
- He scored a hat-trick of parliamentary victories in 2019, when he won in the general election from the Morena Lok Sabha seat.
Narendra Tomar's Ministerial Terms
- The first of the numerous ministerial posts held by Tomar was that of a cabinet minister in the MP government between 2003 and 2008.
- He served as the union minister in the ministries of Labour & Employment, Mines, Steel, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Housing & Urban Affairs, and Parliamentary Affairs in the first government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- In the 'Modi 2.0' government, Tomar was entrusted with the responsibilities of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, and Food Processing Industries.