Kantilal Bhuria is a member of the Indian National Congress and was till July 2011 the Minister of Tribal Affairs

Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)

The Minister of Tribal Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India....

 of the Republic of India. He had been promoted to the rank of cabinet minister in the United Progressive Alliance

United Progressive Alliance

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-2 government, led by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he is the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian...

 in 2009. Earlier, he was the Minister of State

Minister of State

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 in the Ministry of Agriculture

Ministry of Agriculture (India)

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 and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (India)

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. His successor, the new Minister of Tribal Affairs

Minister of Tribal Affairs (India)

The Minister of Tribal Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India....

 is V Kishore Chandra Deo, another Congressman.
Bhuria was elected to the Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

 in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from Jhabua

Jhabua (Lok Sabha constituency)

Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. This constituency was renamed as Ratlam in 2008, following delimitation of the parliamentary...

 constituency in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

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 and in 2009 from Ratlam constituency. He is a member of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 (INC) political party.

External links

• Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website

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