Girraj Dandotiya

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| name = Girraj Dandotiya

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| birth_place = Morena

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| office1 = Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

| constituency1 = Dimani

| term_start1 = 2018

| term_end1 = 2020

| predecessor1 = Balveer Singh Dandotiya

| successor1 = Ravindra Singh Tomar Bhidosa

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

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Girraj Dandotiya is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Dimani. He was an elected member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a member of the Indian National Congress. During 2020 Madhya Pradesh political crisis, he supported senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and was one of the 22 MLAs who resigned and later joined Bharatiya Janata Party. Currently, He is the BJP-MP Executive Member and Chairman of Energy Development Corporation (Cabinet Minister Status, MP). His Nephew Aman Sharma is also a Politician and a Member of BJP.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jyotiraditya-scindia-resigns-from-congress/articleshow/74561583.cms|title=Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from Congress, more than 20 party MLAs quit|date=2020-03-10|work=The Economic Times|access-date=31 August 2020}}{{cite news |title =22 rebel Cong MLAs, whose resignation led to fall of Kamal Nath govt, join BJP|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/22-rebel-cong-mlas-whose-resignation-led-to-fall-of-kamal-nath-govt-join-bjp-11584797981690.html|publisher=Live Mint}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2020/03/21/22-rebel-madhya-pradesh-congress-mlas-join-bjp.html|title=Why the Congress continues to lose MLAs in MP|website=The Week|accessdate=31 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/why-the-congress-continues-to-lose-mlas-in-mp-1702622-2020-07-20|title=Why the Congress continues to lose MLAs in MP|website=India Today.|accessdate=31 August 2020}}

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