Giriraj Poddar is an Indian politician and industrialist from Murwara in Katni District

Katni District

Katni district is one of the 50 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in centralf India. The town of Katni is the district headquarters. The district is part of Jabalpur Division. The district occupies an area of 4949.59 km².-Economy:...

, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....

 state. He was elected as a MLA of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha

Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha

The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The seat of the Vidhan Sabha is at Bhopal, the capital of the state. It is housed in the Vidhan Bhavan, an imposing building located at the...

 in 2008 for Murwara, running as a member 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...

. His victory margin was one of the highest in the assembly of around 30000 votes. He is a member of various committees of the Vidhan Sabha

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

. He is originally from Sambhar Lake 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...

, but his family later shifted its base to Mughal Sarai in Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

.

As a MLA he is credited for the over-bridge of Khirani, for the founding of the Katni Development Authority, the starting of city buses in Katni and Transport Nagar.

External links

• Affidavit Details of Giriraj Kishor (Raju ) Poddar, empoweringindia.com