Narottam Mishra


Dr. Narottam Mishra is an Indian politician who is presently the Home Minister in Government of Madhya Pradesh.
He is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He represents Datia constituency in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, from where he has been elected thrice consecutively.

Early life

He studied M.A, Ph.D from Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 1998. He was Secretary of Jiwaji University Gwalior's students union in year 1977-78 and member of State Executive Body of MP Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1978–80.

Political career

He was first elected to 9th Vidhan Sabha in 1990 but he lost Election in 1993
Narottam Mishra was re-elected to Vidhan Sabha in 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018.
He was inducted into Shri Babulal Gaur's Council of Ministers on June 1, 2005 as Minister of State.
Mishra was inducted in Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Council of Ministers on December 4, 2005 as minister of state.
He lost loksabha election in 2009 to Jyotiraditya Scindia.
He was re-inducted into Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Council of Ministers on October 28, 2009 as Cabinet Minister. He again took oath as Cabinet Minister on December 21, 2013. He has served as Cabinet Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Urban Development, Public Relations, Water Resources, Law and Legislative Affairs, and Parliamentary Affairs.
He was disqualified by the EC on 23 June 2017 for filing wrong accounts of election expenditure in the 2008 Assembly polls and for using paid news in his election campaign and for not furnishing proper accounts of poll expenses. Mishra moved to Supreme court for relief. Vide its judgement dated 18 May 2018, the Delhi High Court set aside the order of the Election Commission, while also noting that "in the facts and circumstances of the case; there was no manner of proof that could be reasonably accepted by a tribunal established by law."
He took Oath on 21 April 2020 as the Minister for Home Affairs, and Health and Family Welfare, Government of Madhya Pradesh.