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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Babulal Nagar
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|10|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tevadi, Viratnagar, [[Jaipur]]
| office = Cabinet Minister, [[Government of Rajasthan]]
| term = 2008 - 2013
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| term2 = 1998 - 2013
| constituency = [[Dudu (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Dudu]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Sunita Nagar
| children =
| nationality = [[India]]n
}}

'''Babulal Nagar''' ('''बाबूलाल नागर''') is an Indian politician formerly with the [[Indian National Congress]] party. He was a former minister in the [[Government of Rajasthan]]. Nagar was elected to [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]] in 2008 from Dudu in [[Jaipur district]] on the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] ticket. Under chief minister [[Ashok Gehlot]], Nagar was appointed as the Dairy, [[Khadi]] and Rural Industries Minister.<ref name="HT-2013">{{Cite news|title=Rape accused Minister quits in Rajasthan, says he's clean |date=20 September 2013 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/rape-accused-minister-quits-in-rajasthan-says-he-s-clean/story-UJJIIHVCq5Ts1dHN5OXENN.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026233534/http://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/rape-accused-minister-quits-in-rajasthan-says-he-s-clean/story-UJJIIHVCq5Ts1dHN5OXENN.html |archive-date=26 October 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref> He resigned in September 2013 under pressure from the chief minister and women's groups,<ref name="HT-2013" /><ref>{{Cite news|title=BJP, women's groups want Nagar sacked |date=18 September 2013 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/bjp-women-s-groups-want-nagar-sacked/story-MxhjNnxrJ1HE8PKZTutyzK.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019161528/http://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/bjp-women-s-groups-want-nagar-sacked/story-MxhjNnxrJ1HE8PKZTutyzK.html |archive-date=19 October 2015 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref> and he was expelled from the Congress Party a few days later.<ref>{{Cite news|script-title=hi:पूर्व मंत्री बाबूलाल नागर को बड़ी राहत, दुष्कर्म मामले में हुए बरी |trans-title=Former minister Babu Lal Nagar relieved, acquitted in rape case |date=30 January 2017 |language=hi |newspaper=Rajasthan Patrika |url=http://rajasthanpatrika.patrika.com/story/jaipur/rajasthan-rape-case-victim-babulal-nagar-got-released-2463699.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130145159/http://rajasthanpatrika.patrika.com/story/jaipur/rajasthan-rape-case-victim-babulal-nagar-got-released-2463699.html |archive-date=30 January 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref>

==Criminal allegations==
Babulal Nagar was cleared of rape charges brought in 2013 by a 35-year-old woman who had alleged that Nagar called her to his official residence on the pretext of giving her a government job and then raped her.<ref name="Z-2014">{{Cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/rajasthan/charges-framed-against-former-rajasthan-minister-in-rape-case_910810.html|title=Charges framed against former Rajasthan minister in rape case |date=12 February 2014 |newspaper=Z News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212055915/http://zeenews.india.com/news/rajasthan/charges-framed-against-former-rajasthan-minister-in-rape-case_910810.html |archive-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Former Rajasthan minister Babu Lal Nagar acquitted of rape charges |date=30 January 2017 |newspaper=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/former-rajasthan-minister-babu-lal-nagar-acquitted-of-rape-charges/articleshow/56872787.cms |archive-url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/former-rajasthan-minister-babu-lal-nagar-acquitted-of-rape-charges/articleshow/56872787.cms? |archive-date=30 January 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh |first=Mahim Pratap |date=1 February 2017 |title=Babulal Nagar rape case: Not surprised by acquittal, will appeal, says complainant |newspaper=The Indian Express |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/babulal-nagar-rape-case-not-surprised-by-acquittal-will-appeal-says-complainant-4501603/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201012153/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/babulal-nagar-rape-case-not-surprised-by-acquittal-will-appeal-says-complainant-4501603/ |archive-date=1 February 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref> Nagar had indicated at the time charges were brought that they were politically motivated;<ref name="HT-2013" /> after his acquittal, he reiterated that it was all a political conspiracy, and demanded a [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] investigation.<ref>''सत्यमेत जयते, मैं न्याय प्रणाली में विश्वास करता हूं, मुझे राजनैतिक द्वेषता का शिकार बनाया गया, पहले ही दिन से उम्मीद थी कि न्याय मिलेगा।'' Nagar is quoted as saying. {{Cite news|script-title=hi:दुष्कर्म मामले में पूर्व मंत्री बाबूलाल नागर बरी |trans-title=Former Minister Babu Lal Nagar acquitted in rape case |date=30 January 2017 |language=hi |newspaper=Dainik Navajyoti |location=Jaipur |url=http://www.dainiknavajyoti.net/story.php?id=6&nid=8238 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130185630/http://www.dainiknavajyoti.net/story.php?id=6&nid=8238 |archive-date=30 January 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref>

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[[Category:Rajasthan MLAs 2008–2013]]
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[[Category:Crime in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:1960 births]]

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