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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Baboolal Mewra
| image = BMewra-removebg-preview.png
| caption = Baboolal Mewra during his election campaign of 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1945|11|04}}
| birth_place = Vijaypur, [[Gwalior Residency]], British India
| office = Member of the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| order =
| bodyclass =
| term_start = [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]]
| term_end = 2003
| constituency = [[Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Vijaypur]]
| predecessor = [[Ramnivas Rawat]]
| successor = [[Ramnivas Rawat]]
| term_start1 = [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| term_end1 = [[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| predecessor1 = Jagmohan Singh
| successor1 = [[Ramnivas Rawat]]
| profession = Farmer
| footnotes = https://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/11thvs/11-2.pdf
| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]
| spouse = Doli Mewra
| date = 11 November
| year = 2023
| source = {{cite web|url=https://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/11thvs/11-2.pdf |title=Biography |publisher=Vidhan Sabha, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly}}
| citizenship = Indian
| children = Mahesh Mewra and Radheshyam Mewra
| occupation = Politician
| native_name = बाबूलाल मेवरा
| native_name_lang = हिंदी (देवनागरी)
| office2 = State Minister of the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 2010
| term_end2 = 2013
| vice_president2 = Madhya Pradesh Rajya Van Vikas Nigam Limited, [[Bhopal]]
}}
'''Baboolal Mewra''' (born 4 November 1945) is an Indian politician and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leader. He was elected as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] two-times (1985<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=17 August 2018 |title=Madhya Pradesh 1985 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3734-madhya-pradesh-1985/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Election Commission of India |language=en-IN}}</ref> and 1998<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2018 |title=Madhya Pradesh 1998 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3737-madhya-pradesh-1998/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Election Commission of India |language=en-IN}}</ref>) from [[Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency]]. He also served as vice-president of Madhya Pradesh Rajya Van Vikas Nigam Limited and held Minister of State rank from 2010 to 2013<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=26 November 2022 |title=Babulal Mevra joined BJP News: श्‍योपुर में पूर्व मंत्री बाबूलाल मेवरा ने भाजपा की सदस्यता कर की घर वापसी – Babulal Mevra joined BJP News Former minister Babulal Mevra returned home by joining BJP |url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-babulal-mevra-joined-bjp-news-former-minister-babulal-mevra-returned-home-by-joining-bjp-7946638 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Nai Dunia |language=hi}}</ref> under the cabinet of [[Shivraj Singh Chauhan]]. He spent two years in prison under the [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act]] for protesting against imposition of [[The Emergency (India)|the emergency]] in India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2017 |title=शिव'राज' में मीसाबंदी कहलाते हैं लोकतंत्र सेनानी, मिलती है 25000 पेंशन |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/madhya-pradesh/in-madhya-pradesh-meesabandi-are-called-democracy-fighters-986033.html |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref> He has been appointed as the '''State Executive Member''' and '''Chambal Division In-Charge''' of the ''Loktantra Senani Sangh, Madhya Pradesh''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gwalior |url=https://hindustanexpress.online/https://hindustanexpress.online/epaper2-view.php?id=65-gwalior&date=2025-11-18 |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=hindustanexpress.online |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Baboolal Mewra was born on 4 November 1945 to Shridhar Lal Mewra and Sukhdevi Bai<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-profile/eyJpdiI6IlA2cVpQY0ErNFV6Rll2NHV5TndtZnc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiazBvRjdIVld0ZDByZXV3U3c2MXhDUT09IiwibWFjIjoiMWI5NDYwN2E3YWNiNjBlMmU1MWY4YWJiZmM5ZTc3ZTBlYThiMDQxMjQzZGU5MDM4N2JlYmZiYTE0MmQxZWE5OCIsInRhZyI6IiJ9/NDM=/MjI=/Mw==/QUM= |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=affidavit.eci.gov.in}}</ref> in Mewra village, [[Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh|Vijaypur]] in Madhya Pradesh. He was married to Shrimati Doli Mewra with whom he has two sons namely Mahesh Mewra and Radheshyam Mewra.
Mewra Ji's two grandsons Advocate [[Atul Mewra (Sadhu)]] and [[Nishant Mewra (Rishi)]] are politically active to take forward the political legacy of the [[Mewra Family]].

==Political career==
[[File:Baboolal Mewra with Rajmaata Vijaya Raje Scindia Ji.jpg|thumb|Shri Baboolal Mewra (Right Corner) with Rajmaata Vijaya Raje Scindia Ji (Standing with Mic)]]
Two Term [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)]] Mewraji entered politics as member of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] in year 1967 after getting inspired from the activism of Rajmata [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]] and [[Kushabhau Thakre]] during public rallies and meetings, where he accompanied them. He remains an active [[Swayamsevak]] and [[Pracharak]] of [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS). He pledged to wear Saffron clothes throughout his life. He worked for Bharatiya Jana Sangh as Mandal President of [[Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh]] for 10 years (from 1967 to 1977). He is known and credited for laying the foundation stones of party in the region by travelling village to village on foot and promoting the ideology of Bharatiya Jana Sangh.<ref name=":2" /> As [[Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Vijaypur]] being a dense forest area in [[Chambal (region)]], he bravely faced many infamous dacoits during his [[Padayatra]]'s in the region for decades and also helped people from the terror of dacoits.

For conducting the protest along with [[Jayaprakash Narayan]] against imposition of [[The Emergency (India)|the emergency]] during the tenure of then Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] in India, he was sent to prison of Gwalior from 12 July 1975 to 3 February 1977 under [[Maintenance of Internal Security Act]] (MISA).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=भाजपा के 'भगवा रंग के कुर्ते' में ही BSP का नीला झंडा थामेगा ये नेता, वजह है दिलचस्प – |url=https://www.jagran.com/elections/madhya-pradesh-ex-bjp-mla-babulal-mewra-who-joined-bsp-will-campaign-by-wearing-saffron-only-18613897.html |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>
[[File:With Shivraj Singh Chauhan.jpg|thumb|Shri Baboolal Mewra with CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan after being Nominated as State Minister in year 2010.]]
After his release from prison of Gwalior in 1977, he came into mainstream politics and became the voice of farmers, poor, backward and downtrodden people in the region. He was elected two-times as Janapada President in 1978 and 1980 respectively. Identifying his large public base and notable social work, Rajmata [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]] supported him and he was given ticket from BJP to contest in [[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=":0" /> He was then elected as MLA from [[Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency|Vijaypur]] for the first time where he defeated [[Indian National Congress]] candidate Jagmohan Singh. He was re-elected during [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vidhansabha |first=Madhyapradesh |date=6 December 2023 |title=एकादश विधान सभा (1998–2003) सदस्य |url=https://mpvidhansabha.nic.in/11thvs/11vs-no-list.pdf |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=mpvidhansabha.nic.in/}}</ref> as BJP candidate by defeating [[Ramnivas Rawat]] of Congress. He also served as vice-president of ''Madhya Pradesh Rajya Van Vikas Nigam Limited'' and held Minister of State Rank from year 2010 to 2013 in the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] with [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] as Chief minister.

In 2018, after BJP denied him ticket thrice in 2003, 2008 and 2013 state elections, he contested in [[2018 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] as [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] candidate.<ref name=":2" /> from Vijaypur and received 35,628 votes,<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 2019 |title=Madhya Pradesh Legislative Election 2018– Statistical Report |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9685-madhya-pradesh-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Election Commission of India |language=en-IN}}</ref> which is highest recorded number of votes received by any BSP candidate in the region till date. In 2019 he joined Congress in the presence of [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]] for a brief tenure.

After the [[2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis]], BJP leadership brought Mewraji back to his roots and old home. He returned to BJP on 26 November 2022.<ref name=":1" /> In 2023, BJP announced Mewraji as their official candidate<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Arun |date=21 October 2023 |title=Press Release : List of BJP Candidates for the ensuing General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh finalised by BJP CEC |url=https://www.bjp.org/pressreleases/press-release-list-bjp-candidates-ensuing-general-election-legislative-assembly-3 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=www.bjp.org}}</ref> from Vijaypur for [[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] after 20 years. He lost the 2023 Assembly election<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S122.htm |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref> to his rival Congress' candidate [[Ramnivas Rawat]] due to alleged weak support of local party officials<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Sheopur : विजयपुर में विधायक, प्रदेश उपाध्यक्ष, जिपं अध्यक्ष समेत बड़े पदाधिकारियों के गांवों में हारी भाजपा |url=https://epaper.patrika.com/article/Sheopur?OrgId=612f6b3f65f&eid=83&imageview=1&device=desktop |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=epaper.patrika.com}}</ref> and mobilization of Adivasi votes to another independent candidate by former BJP MLA [[Sitaram Aadivashi]] who was later reprimanded by [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]] during his visit to [[Sheopur]] post elections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2023 |title=CM Shivraj: हर सभा में कंधे पर रखते थे हाथ, मगर इस बार मुख्यमंत्री ने विधायक को मंच पर फटकारा – CM Shivraj reprimanded MLA Sitaram adiwasi on stage in sheopur |url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-cm-shivraj-reprimanded-mla-sitaram-adiwasi-on-stage-in-sheopur-8254556 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Nai Dunia |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2023 |title=CM in Sheopur: मुख्‍यमंत्री ने भितरघातियों को देखलेने की धमकी दी – CM in Sheopur Chief Minister threatened to punish the murderers |url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/sheopur-cm-in-sheopur-he-used-to-put-his-hand-on-the-shoulder-in-every-meeting-but-this-time-he-was-reprimanded-and-chased-away-from-the-stage-8254564 |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Nai Dunia |language=hi}}</ref> Mewraji still took the responsibility for electoral results and remained committed as usual to serve the poor, backward, farmers and people in need from his region.<ref name=":3" />
[[File:Shri Baboolal Mewra with PM Narendra Modi.jpg|thumb|Shri Baboolal Mewra with Hon'ble PM Shri [[Narendra Modi]] and BJP top leadership during Vijay Sankalp Rally in Morena during [[2024 Indian general election]]]]
In [[2024 Indian general election]], Mewraji played crucial role in mobilizing the rural votes in [[Chambal (region)|Chambal region]] and was involved in strengthening the party. He campaigned for the BJP Candidates namely [[Jyotiraditya Scindia]] from [[Guna Lok Sabha constituency]] and [[Shivmangal Singh Tomar]] from [[Morena Lok Sabha constituency]]. He was also part of Vijay Sankalp Rally held in Morena in the presence of Prime minister [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-25 |title=Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 'Congress did not allow One Rank One Pension scheme', PM Modi says BJP did it {{!}} Top quotes |url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/congress-did-not-allow-one-rank-one-pension-scheme-pm-modi-at-morena-rally-says-bjp-did-it-11714026898282.html |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>

In July 2024, Mewraji demanded a BJP ticket for the [[By-election]] at [[Vijaypur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency]], asserting his long association with the party since the Jan Sangh era.<ref>{{Cite web |title=विजयपुर उपचुनाव में क्या BJP का खेल बिगाड़ेंगे बगावती सुर, कांग्रेस का होगा फायदा? |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh/mp/bjp-leader-babulal-mewara-and-sitaram-adivasi-started-rebellion-against-ramnivas-rawat-in-vijaypur-assembly/2340256 |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=Zee-Madhya-Pradesh-Chhattisgarh |language=hi}}</ref>

In 2025, Mewraji was appointed as the '''State Executive Member''' and '''Chambal Division In-Charge'''<ref>https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14NwK5RcCfj/</ref> of the ''Loktantra Senani Sangh, Madhya Pradesh''. The announcement was made by the National President and former MP '''Shri [[Kailash Soni]]''', along with State President '''Shri Tapan Bhoumik'''. He remains actively engaged to strengthen the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in Madhya Pradesh, specifically in the [[Chambal (region)|Chambal region]].

== See also ==
*[[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
*[[2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[1990 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[2024 Indian general election]]

== References ==
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