Tokhan Sahu given responsibility of State Ministry of Housing
– Photo : Amar Ujala
Expansion
Chhattisgarh has also got a place in PM Narendra Modi’s cabinet. Bilaspur BJP MP Tokhan Sahu will work as Minister of State for Urban Development in PM Narendra Modi’s cabinet. He received a call from the PMO before the swearing-in ceremony. After this, Tokhan Sahu reached the Prime Minister’s residence. Tokhan Sahu will step into the Lok Sabha for the first time after becoming an MP. Tokhan Sahu has become an MP for the first time and has got a place in the Modi cabinet for the first time.
Know who is Tokhan Sahu
This time BJP has given Lok Sabha election ticket to former Lormi MLA Tokhan Sahu from Bilaspur division. Tokhan Sahu was born on 15 October 1969 in village Dindori district Mungeli. His wife’s name is Lilavati Sahu. She has studied M.Com.
Political journey
Tokhan Sahu, who has traveled from Panch to MP, is currently also the State President of BJP Kisan Morcha. Sahu started his political career as a Panch in 1994 from a small village Surajpura in Lormi. After this he became Sarpanch, then Zilla Parishad member and then in 2013 he was elected as MLA for the first time from Lormi Assembly seat. In this election he got 52 thousand 302 votes. Congress’s Dharmjeet Singh was at second place who got 46 thousand 61 votes. In the year 2014-15 he was a member of Women and Child Welfare Committee, Member Delegated Assembly Committee, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. In the year 2015 he was the Parliamentary Secretary in the Raman Government.
Sahu gave BJP victory for the 7th time in Bilaspur
BJP’s Tokhan Sahu has won Bilaspur Lok Sabha seat, one of the important seats of Chhattisgarh. He has won by 1 lakh 64 thousand 558 votes. Tokhan has got a total of 7 lakh 24 thousand 937 votes. Congress candidate Devendra Yadav has got 5 lakh 60 thousand 379 votes. Sahu has given BJP victory in Bilaspur for the 7th time. In this way, the margin of victory was 1 lakh 64 thousand 558. Sahu’s total vote percentage was 53.25 and Yadav’s was 41.16 percent. This time there was a direct contest between BJP’s farmer leader Tokhan Sahu and Congress’s Bhilai MLA Devendra Yadav.