Devi Singh Bhati is a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated in Jaipur — the capital of the state. Members of the Legislative assembly are directly elected by the people. Presently, the legislative assembly...

 from Kolayat

Kolayat

Kolayat is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan.It is also the headquarters of the tehsil in the Bikaner Sub-division with the same name. The town is 51 kilometres from Bikaner on the highway to Jaisalmer .-History:...

 in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 state in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He was a cabinet minister in the government

Government of Rajasthan

The Government of Rajasthan also known as the State Government of Rajasthan, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its 33 districts...

 led by Vasundhara Raje

Vasundhara Raje

Vasundhara Raje was the Chief Minister of Rajasthan state of India from December 2003 till December 2008. She is the first woman Chief Minister of Rajasthan.- Early life :...

.

He was born in Barsalpur village in Bikaner

Bikaner district

Bikaner District is a district of the state of Rajasthan in western India. The historic city of Bikaner is the district headquarters. Bikaner is also Division with the four district: Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh.-Geography:...

 and graduated BA

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 before entering politics.

Political life

He has been MLA for Kolayat since 1980 (serving seven terms) and is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 (BJP) which he rejoined in late 2007 after being previously a member of the Janata Dal

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 and Jan Sangh. He has held the cabinet portfolios of tourism and excise, irrigation and animal husbandry.

His son Mahendra Singh Bhati was elected to 11th Lok Sabha

11th Lok Sabha

List of Members of the 11th Lok Sabha, elected during Indian general election, 1996 held during April-May 1996. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:...

 in 1996 from Bikaner

Bikaner (Lok Sabha Constituency)

Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan state in India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha segments...

. His son Mahendra Singh Bhati, also a former MP of Bikaner, died in a road accident in December 2004.