Sukhdeo Bhagat

Sukhdeo Bhagat
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySudarshan Bhagat
ConstituencyLohardaga
President, Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
May 2013 – November 2017
Preceded byPradeep Kumar Balmuchu
Succeeded byAjoy Kumar
ConstituencyLohardaga
Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byKamal Kishore Bhagat
Succeeded byRameshwar Oraon
Personal details
Born (1960-10-22) 22 October 1960 (age 64)
Lohardaga, Jharkhand, India
Political partyIndian National Congress

Sukhdeo Bhagat (born 22 October 1960; Hindi pronunciation: [sʊkʰ.d̪eːʋ bʱəgət̪]) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is member of Congress and MLA in the Jharkhand representing Lohardaga constituency in Lohardaga district. He joined the BJP in 2019 and lost to Congress candidate Rameshwar Oraon in the Jharkhand assembly polls 2019.[1][2] On 30 January 2022, Bhagat rejoined Congress.[3]

Career

Sukhdeo Bhagat won the Lohardaga seat, defeating BJP-backed All Jharkhand Students Union's (AJSU) candidate Niru Bhagat.[2][4] He was appointed Jharkhand Congress president in May 2013.[1]

Positions Held

Sukhdeo Bhagat has been serving as a member of the Joint Committee on the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, since 20th December 2024. He is also a member of the Committee on Coal, Mines and Steel, a position he assumed on 26th September 2024. Bhagat was elected to the 18th Lok Sabha in June 2024. Previously, he served as an MLA in the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha from 1st November 2015 to December 2019, and from 27th February 2005 to February 2010.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sukhdeo Bhagat appointed Jharkhand Congress president".
  2. ^ a b "Sukhdeo Bhagat wins Lohardaga assembly by-election".
  3. ^ "Jharkhand Cong welcomes turncoats Sukhdeo Bhagat, Pradeep Balmuchu". Telegraph India. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Congress MLA Sukhdeo Bhagat takes oath in Jharkhand Assembly".
  5. ^ Sukhdeo Bhagat – Official Biography