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1978-83
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Councillor, Municipal Corporation, Raipur
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1980-84
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Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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1980-82
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Member, Estimates Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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1982-85
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Member, Library Committee, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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1982-88
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Pradesh Mantri, Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.), Madhya Pradesh
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1989
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Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
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1989-90 & 1994-96
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Vice-President, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh
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1990-91
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines
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1993 onwards
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Member, National Executive, B.J.P.
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1994 onwards
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Member, Executive Committee, B.J.P., Madhya Pradesh
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1996-97
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Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture
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Member, Committee on Petitions
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1998-99
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Union Minister of State, Steel and Mines
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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13 Oct. 1999 - 30 Sep. 2000
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Union Minister of State, Chemicals and Fertilizers
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30 Sep. 2000 - 29 Jan. 2003
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Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting
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29 Jan. 2003 - 8 Jan. 2004
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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Mines
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9 Jan. 2004 - May 2004
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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Environment & Forests
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha ( 5th term)
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power
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Member, Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Coal and Mines
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5 Aug. 2007
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas
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1 May 2008
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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Member, Joint Hindi Salahakar Samiti, Ministry of Science and Technology
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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2009
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Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
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Member, Committee of Parliament on Official Language
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2009 - 2014
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Chief Whip, Bharatiya Janata Party in Parliament (Lok Sabha)
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power
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6 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committe on Public Undertakings
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas
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23 Sep. 2009
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Member, Rules Committee
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1 May 2010
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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13 June 2014 onwards
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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14 Aug. 2014 onwards
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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1 Sep. 2014 onwards
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Chairperson, Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
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29 Jan. 2015 onwards
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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