Omkar Markam | |
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Cabinet Minister: Tribal Affairs Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
In office 2018–2020 | |
Member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
Constituency | Dindori |
Personal details | |
Born | Village Barnai, Dindori | 2 May 1976
Nationality | India |
Political party | INC (Indian National Congress) |
Spouse | Kusum Markam |
Children | 1 son 1 daughter |
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Residence(s) | Village Barnai, Dindori |
Education | M. A. in Sociology |
Profession | Politician |
Source: ["Biography:Markam, Omkar" (PDF). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.] |
Omkar Singh Markam (born 2 May 1976) is a politician from Madhya Pradesh and a member of the Indian National Congress. He is currently appointed the state president of Adivasi Congress and general secretary of Madhya Pradesh Congress. He is four term MLA from Dindori having won the elections in 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023, and he was the Cabinet Minister for Tribal Affairs Department in the Government of Madhya Pradesh from 2018 to 2020.[1] In the 2024 election for the Lok Sabha, he was announced as the candidate of Indian National Congress from Mandla (ST). He was also the candidate in the 2014 election.[2] He has done his MA in Sociology and is a farmer by profession, with interest in cultural programmes, social reform and poverty eradication programmes.