Raghuvir Singh Meena is an Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 leader and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha

15th Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

. In 2009, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Udaipur constituecy

Udaipur (Lok Sabha Constituency)

Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan state in India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises eight Vidhan Sabha segments...

 in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 state. He is a former member

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 of the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha and a former minister in the Government of Rajasthan

Government of Rajasthan

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 from 2002-3. He hails from Mewar region of Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

 and belongs to the Meenas

Meenas

Meenas, Meena, Meenoat or Mina is a caste and community mainly found in Rajasthan, India. The name Mina is derived from Meen,meaning 'fish' in Sanskrit, and the Minas claim descent from the Matsya Avatar, or fish incarnation, of Vishnu.Meenas celebrate Meenesh Jayanti in the name of Vishnu on 3...

 community.

Political career

In 1993, he was elected for the first time to the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha. He was re-elected to the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha in 1998, 2003 and 2008. He was elected a member of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee

Pradesh Congress Committee

The elected committee that directs the Congress Party in an Indian state is known as a PCC, or Pradesh Congress Committee. It is elected by card-holding members of the Congress, the world's largest political organisation, and in turn elects State Congress Presidents and delegates to the All India...

and later became its general secretary. He was also elected the President of the Rajasthan Youth Congress.