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Ajit Jogi

Ajit Jogi

Ajit Jogi (1946–2020) was an Indian politician, bureaucrat, and the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. A former IAS officer turned politician, Jogi played a key role in shaping the identity of the
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He served as the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to December 2003.
Yes, Jogi was a former IAS officer, known for his administrative work before joining active politics in the 1980s.
JCC is a regional party founded by Ajit Jogi in 2016 after his exit from the Congress. It aimed to offer a third front in state politics.
The most significant was the caste certificate controversy, where his Scheduled Tribe status was questioned and later invalidated.
He died on May 29, 2020, due to cardiac arrest, after being in a coma for nearly three weeks following a choking incident.

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