Career
He is currently a Cabinet Minister in-charge of the Forests, Biology-diversity and Biotechnology portfolios in the Madhya Pradesh State Government headed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In the elections to the Madhya Pradesh State Assembly in December 2013 he was elected as Modern Language Association by a huge margin of 21,000 votes. Elected to Vidhan Sabha for the first time at the age of 27 years in 1977, Doctor Shejwar was appointed Parliamentary Secretary of Public Health & Family Welfare Department.
He was also State Vice-President of Janata Yuva Morcha.
He has been elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Modern Language Association 7 times from Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh (Member of Parliament). In the past, he was cabinet minister in three different BJP governments that have governed Madhya Pradesh.
He has held important portfolios such as Home Affairs, Power & Energy, Health, and Education during his different tenures as a minister. He has also served as the Leader of Opposition (1999–2002) for BJP in the Member of Parliament legislative assembly during Digvijay Singh led Congress government"s second term in power.
Born in 1950 in Udaipura in Raisen district, Doctor Shejwar is involved with farming and healthcare activities.
