Ajit Jogi

Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (born April 29, 1946), in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, was the first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. He is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.

Jogi studied Mechanical Engineering at the Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal, winning the University Gold Medal in 1968. After having worked briefly as a lecturer at the Government Engineering College, Raipur, he was selected for the Indian Police Service and Indian Administrative Service.

2014 Lok Sabha election campaign

During the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha election over the Mahasamund seat, eleven independent candidates all named Chandu Lal Sahu filed to run. At the time, Jogi's main contender was Chandu Lal Sahu of the BJP party. Sahu ultimately won the election only by small margin of 133 votes and Jogi was accused of planting those names to confuse voters.

Positions held

Jogi served as a District collector of Indore during 1981-85. During this term, he was accused of stealing design papers from CAT, Indore (a defence installation) and selling them to the CIA.