Devendra Patel

Devendra Patel is a politician from Madhya Pradesh.He had fought the 2008 Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly elections from Silwani in the district of Raisenon the ticket of Bharatiya Janshakti Party in 2008. He won the election by defeating Rampal Singh of Bhartiya Janata Party by a margin of 247 votes only. After the party's founder Uma Bharti merged the party with Bhartiya Janata Party Patel was started being ignored by BJP members and so he decided to join Indian National Congress in 2013 ahead of the 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative assembly elections along with his 17 supporters. In 2014 he will contest for the Lok Sabha elections from Hoshangabad.