T. S. Singh Deo | |
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1st Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | |
In office 28 June 2023 –12 December 2023 | |
Governor | Biswabhusan Harichandan |
Chief Minister | Bhupesh Baghel |
Ministry and Departments |
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Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Arun Sao Vijay Sharma |
Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
In office 8 December 2008 –3 December 2023 | |
Preceded by | Kamal Bhan Singh |
Succeeded by | Rajesh Agarwal |
Constituency | Ambikapur |
Leader of the Opposition Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2013–2018 | |
Chief Minister | Dr. Raman Singh |
Speaker | Gaurishankar Agrawal |
Preceded by | Ravindra Choubey,INC |
Succeeded by | Dharamlal Kaushik,BJP |
Constituency | Ambikapur |
Titular Maharaja of Surguja | |
Assumed office 2001 | |
Preceded by | Madneshwar Saran Singh Deo |
Personal details | |
Born | Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh,India | 31 October 1952
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Relations | See Surguja State |
Parent(s) | Madneshwar Saran Singh Deo (father) Devendrakumari Singh Deo (mother) |
Residence(s) | Kothighar,Ambikapur |
Education | M.A. in History |
Alma mater | Hamidia College |
Profession | Politician |
As of 17 June,2018 Source:[ "Biography". Vidhan Sabha, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.] |
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
Year | Legislative Assembly | Constituency | Margin | Result | Party | Post | |
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2008 | 2nd | Ambikapur | 948 | Won | Indian National Congress | MLA | |
2013 | 3rd | 19,558 | Won | Leader of the Opposition | |||
2018 | 4th | 39,624 | Won | Cabinet Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | |||
2023 | 5th | -94 [14] | Lost | ||||
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