• Agriculturist
• Advocate
• Social Worker
• Served as the District President of Congress Seva Dal for the district Jhabua (1976-77)
• Served as the President of Ranapur Block, Jhabua (1978)
• Served as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1980-97)
• Served as the Parliamentary Secretary in the Government of Madhya Pradesh (1987-90)
• Served as the Minister of State in the Government of Madhya Pradesh (1987-90)
• Served as the Cabinet Minister in the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh (1993-98)
• Contested and won the Lok Sabha elections from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (1998)
• Served as a member of the Consultative Committee in the Ministry of Human Resource Development (1998-99)
• Served as the Chairman of the Madhya Pradesh Parliamentary Cell in the Government of Madhya Pradesh (1998-2003)
• Contested and won the Lok Sabha elections from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (1999)
• Served as a member of the Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (1999-2004)
• Served as a member of the Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
• Became the Union Minister of State for Agriculture (2003)
• Contested and won the Lok Sabha elections from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (2004)
• Served as a Union Minister of State without portfolio (22-23 May 2004)
• Served as a Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (23 May 2004)
• Contested and won the Lok Sabha elections from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh (2009)
• Served as the Union Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (31 May 2009-19 July 2011)
• Became the president of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (2011)
• Contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh (2014)
• Resigned from his post as the president of Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (2014)
• Contested and won the Lok Sabha bye elections from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh (24 November 2015)
• Became a member of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (1 September 2017)
• Contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh (2019)
• Contested and won the Lok Sabha bye elections from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (24 October 2019 – 3 December 2023)
• Became the chairman of the election campaign committee of Congress for Madhya Pradesh (1 August 2023)
• Contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections from Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh (2024)
• Higher Secondary School, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh
• Vikram University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
In 2016, he surrounded the Union Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan after a conference and had a heated argument with him over not being invited to the conference. He further claimed that the Ratlam constituency was being discriminated against by the state government and the officials.
• Booked for ‘inaugurating’ a government college
In 2018, he was booked for inaugurating a government medical college in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, a day before it was suposed to be organsed by the then CM of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
• Violated the COVID-19 guidelines
In 2020, a case was registered against him and his son along with several Congress workers for violating the COVID-19 guidelines by conducting a conference in a private marriage garden.
• Charged with assault and kidnapping
In 2022, an FIR was registered against Kantilal, and his son, Vikrant Bhuria, under serious sections of assault and kidnapping. Congress leader, Mahesh Patel, accused Kantilal Bhuria to have assaulted his son and had attempted to kidnap him.
• Remarks about the wife of PM Narendra Modi
In 2023, a video went viral in which he spoke about PM Narendra Modi’s wife and said,
“He talks about working for women, but his own wife is wandering here and there in sadness.”
• Compared PM Narendra Modi to Saddam Hussein
In 2023, he gave a statement in which he called PM Narendra Modi a Hitler like ruler and compared him to Iraq’s dictator, Saddam Hussein, and said,
“If BJP has its way then one day they will make Narendra Modi like Iraq’s dictator Saddam Hussein and Hitler’s rule will prevail in the country.”
• Remarked men with two wives will get Rs 2 lakh
In May 2024, he gave a speech before the Lok Sabha elections in which he stated that the men with two wives will get Rs. 2 lakh annualy under his party’s Mahalaxmi scheme if they come to power. The remark was heavily criticised by the opposition party, BJP.
• Dr. Vikrant Bhuria (Surgeon, Politician)
• Sandeep Bhuria
Mother– Ladki Bai
• Cash: Rs. 32,07,211
• Deposits in Banks, Financial Institutions, and Non-Banking Financial Companies: Rs. 35,31,563
• NSS, Postal Savings etc: Rs. 15,35,742
• LIC or other insurance Policies: Rs. 5,00,000
• Jewellery: Rs. 12,05,000
• Other Assets: Rs. 25,000
Immovable Assets
• Agricultural Land: Rs. 18,00,000
• Commercial Buildings: Rs. 32,00,000
• Residential Buildings: Rs. 1,04,00,000
