T. S. Singh Deo

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T. S. Singh Deo
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Deo in 2021
1st Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
In office
28 June 2023 –12 December 2023

Tribhuvaneshwar Saran Singh Deo (born 31 October 1952), also known by his initials as T. S. Singh Deo or T. S. Baba, is an Indian politician from Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh. He was the First Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from June 2023 to December 2023.

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He is also the current titular Maharaja of Surguja, with headquarters at Ambikapur. He was the last mentor to sit on the throne of Surguja.

Political career

He is the richest member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. [1]

He served as the Leader of Opposition in 4th Vidhan Sabha of Chhattisgarh. [2] [3] [4] [5] Currently, he is serving as a Cabinet Minister for Health in the Chhattisgarh government.

T.S. Singh Deo has been elected from Ambikapur Assembly Constituency 3 times since 2008, winning by a margin of 39,624 against his BJP opponent Anurag Singh Deo in the most recent 2018 elections.

He has been a very active politician in demonstrating against the BJP government which helped him to bring his party to power with huge majority in Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha election of 2018. He is a gentle face of Congress in Chhattisgarh. He was the richest candidate in the 2013 Assembly Elections. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Cabinet Minister of Chattisgarh

After the 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election resulted in a victory for the Indian National Congress. T.S. Singh Deo and Bhupesh Baghel were both considered candidates for the position of Chief Minister, but eventually Bhupesh Baghel- considered a significant OBC face in the state- was chosen over T.S. Singh Deo. [10]

T.S. Singh Deo was made a cabinet minister in the Baghel ministry, holding five portfolios- Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, 20 Point Program Implementation, Commercial Taxes and panchayat and rural development. [11] [12]

Deputy Chief Minister

On the 28th of June, 2023, T.S. Singh Deo was made Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh in the Baghel ministry, ahead of the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly elections of the same year. [13]

Terms in the Chhattisgarh assembly

YearLegislative AssemblyConstituencyMarginResultPartyPost
2008 2nd Ambikapur 948Won Indian National Congress MLA
2013 3rd19,558Won Leader of the Opposition
2018 4th39,624Won Cabinet Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
2023 5th-94 [14] Lost

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