| 1. Jagdish Devda is an Indian politician and lawyer. |
| 2. On 11 December 2023, he became the Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the BJP government. |
| 3. He has represented the Malhargarh Assembly constituency for eight consecutive terms. |
| 4. Jagdish Devda briefly served as the Pro-tem Speaker of the 15th Madhya Pradesh Assembly. |
| 5. He started his political journey during college and became President of the Students Union in 1979. |
| 6. Devda joined the BJP as a worker and held various positions within the party. |
| 7. He has significant support among Scheduled Caste voters in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 8. In 1986, he worked as an English Professor at Vikram University in Ujjain. |
| 9. Jagdish Devda also represented the Suwasara constituency in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in 1990, 1993, and 2003. |
| 10. Devda won the Malhargarh constituency in the 2008, 2013, and 2018 Member of Legislative Assembly elections. |
| 11. In the fourth Chouhan ministry, he held Commercial Taxes, Planning, Economics, and Statistics portfolios. |
| 12. A video of Jagdish Devda swinging a sword at a meeting in 2021 went viral on social media. |
| 13. In the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections, he secured a victory in the Malhargarh constituency. |
| 14. In his free time, Jagdish Devda enjoys traveling, dancing, watching cricket, reading books, and hiking. |
| 15. He was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in 1990. |
| 16. Devda joined the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1979 and held positions like mandal president, district general secretary, and district president in Mandsaur district. |
