Raghuveer Meena Biography 
Raghuveer Meena is an influential leader belonging to Indian National congress and a former parliamentarian. In 2009, he got elected to the 15th Lok sabha elections from Udaipur constituency. Earlier he has also served as a cabinet minister for the state of Rajasthan. However in 2014, he got defeated in the 16th Lok sabha elections from his favourite constituency. He is a former member of the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha too. The credit of making Udaipur an educational centre in recent years definitely goes to Meena. Several educational institutions were set up, including Indian Institute of Management Udaipur and College of Fisheries.
He was born on 4 February 1959 in Rajasthan. After graduation, he took LLB from University of Rajasthan. He started his political career at a younger age. He got associated with Indian national congress since early 1980’s. He became the Youth Congress President, Block Sarada of Udaipur in 1985. He has also served as the serpanch of Kharbar Gram panchayat and Tehsildar of Sarada. He got elected to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Sarada for the first time in 1993 and got elected for the following terms in 2008. In 1995 he became the Vice president Rajasthan Youth Congress, the position he held for a couple of years. In 1997 he was elected as the President and he continued the position till 2002.
In the year 2002, he served as the state minister of Sports and Youth Affairs in Rajasthan cabinet. He became the general secretary of Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee in 2005 and held the position till 2011. In 2009, he got elected to Lok Sabha and served as an MP in Manmohan Singh’s ministry.
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Updated: May 20, 2014
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