'''Kailash Vijayvargiya''' (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian politician Serving as the Cabinet Minister of Madhya Pradesh ([[Bharatiya Janata Party]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bjp.org/organisation/office-bearers|title=National Office Bearers|last=Administrator|website=www.bjp.org|access-date=24 March 2016|archive-date=22 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022002728/http://www.bjp.org/organisation/office-bearers|url-status=dead}}</ref> He started his political career in the Indore [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], and was the mayor of Indore, a six-time legislator and a [[Government of Madhya Pradesh|state government]] cabinet minister for over 12 years before being elevated to the party's central leadership.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjps-kailash-vijayvargiya-makes-friends-and-controversies-easily-1240154|title=BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya Makes Friends and Controversies Easily|website=NDTV.com|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>
'''Kailash Vijayvargiya''' is an Indian politician and a member of [[Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh state legislative assembly]].<ref name=et>{{cite news|title=MP Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya wins sixth election in row|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-12-08/news/44942829_1_bjp-leader-mhow-indore|accessdate=24 September 2014|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=8 December 2013}}</ref> He has won the states assembly election consecutively six times since 1990.He was elected the Mayor of Indore Municipal Corporation in 1999.Ex-minister and Congress leader Suresh Seth who lost the mayoral election to Vijayvargiya in 1999, has accused him of clearing the sale of a plot of land owned by the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) while he was mayor in 2004.His strong hold primarily is Indore State assembly no. 2,which marked the greatest victory for BJP in 2013 state assembly elections.He was incharge of the BJP Haryana state assembly election campaign.
Kailash Vijayvargiya was made in charge of BJP's election campaign for [[Haryana]] in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/mp-minister-vijayvargiya-appointed-bjp-s-election-in-charge-for-haryana/story-EDkjlkyjNxzDSIOSKs6uBK.html|title=MP minister Vijayvargiya appointed BJP's election in-charge for Haryana|website=www.hindustantimes.com|access-date=24 March 2016|date=26 August 2014}}</ref> after which BJP gained a majority in the assembly election. This victory allowed him to gain a more central role in party leadership, and in June 2015 he was appointed national general secretary by party president [[Amit Shah]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/mp-minister-kailash-vijayvargiya-appointed-bjp-general-secretary-115061701293_1.html|title=MP minister Kailash Vijayvargiya appointed BJP general secretary|access-date=24 March 2016|newspaper=Business Standard India|date=17 June 2015}}</ref> and the new leader of the BJP in [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/bjp-affairs-in-charge-siddharth-nath-singh-loses-bengal-to-kailash-vijayvargiya-gets-andhra/|title=BJP affairs in-charge: Siddharth Nath Singh loses Bengal to Kailash Vijayvargiya, gets Andhra|date=4 July 2015|website=The Indian Express|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>
The has made controversial statements regarding rape cases in India.
“Only when Sitaji crossed the Lakshman Rekha, she was kidnapped by Ravan... If Sitaji [woman] crosses the Lakshman Rekha, then Sitaharan [abduction] is bound to take place as Ravans are out there,” Mr. Vijayvargiya said, narrating an incident from the epic Ramayana while seeking to explain the reason behind the recent spate of crimes against women.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Don’t cross ‘Lakshman rekha,’ Minister tells women|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dont-cross-lakshman-rekha-minister-tells-women/article4273131.ece|website=The Hindu|publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=9 March 2015}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Kailash Vijayvargiya was born on 13 May 1956 to Shankardayal Vijayvargiya in [[Indore]]. He graduated with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree and later earned an [[LLB]]. Vijayvargiya is married to Asha Vijayvargiya, with whom he has two sons, including politician [[Akash Vijayvargiya]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=耂वजयवग틽ᘂय, ꈅी कैलाश |url=http://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/14thvs/2014_209.pdf |website=mpvidhansabha |access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> He built world's highest Octa metal statue of Hanuman in Indore.<ref> https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/lord-hanuman-s-72-feet-high-octa-metal-statue-built-in-indore-119113000227_1.html</ref> After 20 years, BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya received food. He was not eating grains for two decades and had given up all pulses including wheat, rice, maize, millet and jowar. He was eating only mordhan, rajgira, sago, fruits and vegetables.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-27 |title=BJP नेता कैलाश विजयवर्गीय का संकल्प हुआ पूरा, अब 20 साल बाद ग्रहण करेंगे अन्न |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/indore-72-feet-hanuman-statue-costing-15-crores-installed-in-indore-mpat-nodark-2899834.html |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Money, marketing, hitech become Ujjain Kumbha Mela's new mantras |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/religion/story/20040419-indian-grand-spiritual-show-kumbh-mela-in-ujjain-medium-of-marketing-and-moneymaking-790342-2004-04-18 |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
== Political career ==
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-gangrape-kailash-vijayvargiya-madhya-pradesh-bjp-ramayana-sita-cross-limits/1/240708.html
Kailash Vijayvargiya entered politics through [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] (ABVP) in 1975. He became a corporator of the Indore Municipal Corporation in 1983 and a member of the standing committee in 1985. He has been the state secretary of the [[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]] (BJYM), the BJP, and Indore, and the co-ordinator of State BJP legal cell. He became the state co-ordinator of Vidyarthi Parishad in 1985, state vice-president of the BJYM in 1992, and the national general secretary of the BJYM and the leader of Gujarat in 1993. Vijayvargiya was elected to the Vidhan Sabha in 1990, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfostatic/english/council/cabinetmin/kailash_Vijayvergiya.asp|title=Department Of Public Relations,Madhya Pradesh|website=www.mpinfo.org|access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref>
He was in charge of the BJP's Haryana state assembly election campaign in 2014, when the party registered its first win in the [[2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|Haryana state assembly election]], taking BJP's tally from 4 to 47 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 October 2014 |title=Haryana election result: BJP wins 46 seats, gets majority |url=https://kailashonline1.blogspot.com/2024/09/The%20Inspirational%20Political%20Journey%20of%20Kailash%20Vijayvargiya.html |access-date=19 December 2019 |website=India Today}}</ref> He was named the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as the party leader for [[West Bengal]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Tamal |title=BJP brings Kailash Vijayavargiya as in-charge for Bengal unit |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-brings-kailash-vijayavargiya-as-in-charge-for-bengal-unit/articleshow/47929794.cms |access-date=30 March 2021 |work=The Economic Times |date=3 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kailash Vijayvargiya appointed observer of Bengal BJP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/kailash-vijayvargiya-appointed-observer-of-bengal-bjp/article7387656.ece |access-date=30 March 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=5 July 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/The+plot+thickens/1/95444.html<ref name=et/>
He was included in the top 100 influential person list of India for year 2021. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-28 |title=IE100: The list of most powerful Indians in 2021 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-exclusive/ie100-indias-most-powerful-2021-7248171 |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
He was considered as a game changer for BJP in West Bengal as party won 18 seats in 2019 Lok sabha election. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-results-with-18-seats-40-vote-share-bjp-trinamool-congress-pm-modi-mamata-banerjee-5745598/|title = West Bengal results: With 18 seats, 40% vote share, BJP breathes down Trinamool Congress's neck|date = 24 May 2019}}</ref>
== Mayor ==
Kailash Vijayvargiya became the first directly elected mayor of Indore Municipal Corporation in 2000. He was nominated president of the South Asia Mayors’ Council in 2003, and led the Indian Voluntary Organisation’s team at the World Earth Summit in [[Durban]].<ref name="auto"/>
== State cabinet minister ==
Kailash Vijayvargiya was sworn in as cabinet minister in [[Government of Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh Government]] on 8 December 2008, and given portfolios of Public Works, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Administration and Development. He was given a portfolio of Religious Trusts, Endowment, and Rehabilitation on 1 July 2004. Vijayvargiya again joined Babulal Gaur's Council of Ministers as Public Works Minister on 27 August 2004. He was re-inducted into Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Council of Ministers on 4 December 2005, as a Public Works, Information Technology, and Science & Technology Minister.<ref name="Profile"/>
In the second cabinet under [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] (post-2008 elections), Vijayvargiya held portfolios of IT and Industries. In the third cabinet (post-2013 elections), Vijayvargiya held the portfolio of Urban Development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/chouhan-allocates-portfolios-gaur-gets-home/1211026/|title=Chouhan allocates portfolios, Gaur gets Home - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com|access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/madhya-pradesh/bhopal/kailash-vijayvargiya-again-appointed-general-secretary-in-newly-announced-bjp-national-executive/articleshow/86868592.cms | title=बंगाल में हार से BJP में कम नहीं हुआ कैलाश विजयवर्गीय का कद, बने रहेंगे राष्ट्रीय महासचिव }}</ref>
He brought TCS, Infosys and more than 17 IT companies to Indore.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2012-01-09 |title=MoU with TCS, Infy: Minster |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/mou-with-tcs-infy-minster/articleshow/11419164.cms |access-date=2023-12-12 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
Global investor Meet in MP was one of the biggest initiatives during his tenure as an Industry Minister.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madhya Pradesh hosts Global Investors' Summit Inauguration 2012 |url=https://kailashonline.in/blog/global-investors-summit-inauguration-day-28-10-12/ |access-date=2012-10-28 |website=Kailash Vijayvargiya |language=en}}</ref>
Involved in finalizing 259 MOUs for setting up projects worth Rs 4.31 trillion.
== See also ==
* [[List of people from Madhya Pradesh]]
* [[:Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians]]
Kailash Vijayvargiya (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian politician Serving as the Cabinet Minister of Madhya Pradesh (Bharatiya Janata Party).[1] He started his political career in the Indore Bharatiya Janata Party, and was the mayor of Indore, a six-time legislator and a state government cabinet minister for over 12 years before being elevated to the party's central leadership.[2]
Kailash Vijayvargiya was made in charge of BJP's election campaign for Haryana in 2014,[3] after which BJP gained a majority in the assembly election. This victory allowed him to gain a more central role in party leadership, and in June 2015 he was appointed national general secretary by party president Amit Shah,[4] and the new leader of the BJP in West Bengal.[5]
Kailash Vijayvargiya was born on 13 May 1956 to Shankardayal Vijayvargiya in Indore. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and later earned an LLB. Vijayvargiya is married to Asha Vijayvargiya, with whom he has two sons, including politician Akash Vijayvargiya.[6] He built world's highest Octa metal statue of Hanuman in Indore.[7] After 20 years, BJP National General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya received food. He was not eating grains for two decades and had given up all pulses including wheat, rice, maize, millet and jowar. He was eating only mordhan, rajgira, sago, fruits and vegetables.[8][9]
Kailash Vijayvargiya entered politics through Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in 1975. He became a corporator of the Indore Municipal Corporation in 1983 and a member of the standing committee in 1985. He has been the state secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the BJP, and Indore, and the co-ordinator of State BJP legal cell. He became the state co-ordinator of Vidyarthi Parishad in 1985, state vice-president of the BJYM in 1992, and the national general secretary of the BJYM and the leader of Gujarat in 1993. Vijayvargiya was elected to the Vidhan Sabha in 1990, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, and 2013.[10]
He was in charge of the BJP's Haryana state assembly election campaign in 2014, when the party registered its first win in the Haryana state assembly election, taking BJP's tally from 4 to 47 seats.[11] He was named the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party as well as the party leader for West Bengal in 2015.[12][13]
He was included in the top 100 influential person list of India for year 2021. [14]
He was considered as a game changer for BJP in West Bengal as party won 18 seats in 2019 Lok sabha election. [15]
Kailash Vijayvargiya became the first directly elected mayor of Indore Municipal Corporation in 2000. He was nominated president of the South Asia Mayors’ Council in 2003, and led the Indian Voluntary Organisation’s team at the World Earth Summit in Durban.[10]
Kailash Vijayvargiya was sworn in as cabinet minister in Madhya Pradesh Government on 8 December 2008, and given portfolios of Public Works, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Administration and Development. He was given a portfolio of Religious Trusts, Endowment, and Rehabilitation on 1 July 2004. Vijayvargiya again joined Babulal Gaur's Council of Ministers as Public Works Minister on 27 August 2004. He was re-inducted into Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Council of Ministers on 4 December 2005, as a Public Works, Information Technology, and Science & Technology Minister.[6]
In the second cabinet under Shivraj Singh Chouhan (post-2008 elections), Vijayvargiya held portfolios of IT and Industries. In the third cabinet (post-2013 elections), Vijayvargiya held the portfolio of Urban Development.[16][17]
He brought TCS, Infosys and more than 17 IT companies to Indore.[18]
Global investor Meet in MP was one of the biggest initiatives during his tenure as an Industry Minister.[19]
Involved in finalizing 259 MOUs for setting up projects worth Rs 4.31 trillion.
