Amit Jogi

Who is Amit Jogi?

Amit Jogi is the son of Chhattisgarh politician and former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi. His sister Anusha Jogi committed suicide on 12 May 2000 in Indore.

He became a Member of Legislative Assembly representing Marwahi Constituency in 2013 Assembly Elections. He defeated the BJP candidate by the highest margin in the state i.e.by a margin of 46,250 votes.

Amit Jogi was supposedly a US citizen by birth, and became a naturalised Indian citizen in July 2004 or 2002. His date and place of birth are not clear and unambiguous because he has provided documents with differing dates and places.

Amit Jogi is a graduate of St. Stephen's College and JNU, Delhi.

He was said to have been involved in an operation of bribing Dilip Singh Judeo in 2003. This is as per statement given by Central Bureau of Investigation in Supreme Court of India in 2005

On July 23, 2011, Amit Jogi was badly injured when attacked by a mob while campaigning for Ms. Tanya Solomon, the Congress cadidate for the Jabera assembly by-poll in Madhya Pradesh. Ms. Solomon is the daughter of the late Mr. Ratnesh Solomon who was a five time MLA from the Jabera constituency, and brother-in-law of Ajit Jogi.