Nand Kumar Patel

Nand Kumar Patel
Nand Kumar Patel inaugurating Government school
MLA, Chhattisgarh
In office 1990 – May 25, 2013
Preceded by	Arjun Singh
Constituency	Kharsia
President, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee
In office April 2011 – May 25, 2013
Preceded by	Dhanendra Shahu
First Home minister of Chhattisgarh
In office November 2000 – December 2003
Succeeded by	Brijmohan Agarawal
Personal details
Born	(1953-11-08)8 November 1953 Nandeli Village, India
Died	25 May 2013(2013-05-25) (aged 59) Sukma, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Residence	Nandeli, Raigarh District

Nand Kumar Patel (8 November 1953 – 25 May 2013) was an Indian National Congress politician from the Chhattisgarh. He won the legislative election from the Kharsia Assembly Constituency five times in a row (1990, 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008).^[1]

He was a cabinet minister in the state governments of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. He was kidnapped and killed by Naxalites during the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley.^[2]

On 25 May 2013, several Congress leaders were killed in a Naxalite attack on a Congress convoy. At first, Naxalites kidnapped Nand Kumar Patel and his son Dinesh Patel keeping up the hopes of their coming back alive.^[2] However, their bullet-ridden bodies were found in the Jiram valley in the Bastar district the next day.^[3]

On the 27 May, the Naxalites claimed responsibility for the attack by issuing a statement which called it a punishment for atrocities committed by the Salwa Judum who is counter-Naxalite paramilitary forces in the Bastar area and that it was originally targeted at its leader, Mahendra Karma.^[4]

See also

• Vidya Charan Shukla

References