Chaitram Atami

Chaitram Atami (born 1976)^[1] is an Indian politician from Chhattisgarh. He is an MLA from Dantewada Assembly constituency, which is a reserved constituency for Scheduled Tribes community, in Dantewada district. He won the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.^[2][3]

Chaitram Atami
Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Preceded by	Devati Karma
Constituency	Dantewada
Personal details
Born	1976 (age 48–49) Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Parent	Bosa Atami (father)
Education	Chhattisgarh State Open School, Raipur (Class 12)
Profession	Politician
Known for	Association with Salwa Judum, anti-Naxalite activities

Early life and education

Atami is from Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. His father, Bosa Atami, is a farmer. He passed Class 12 through open school stream in 2013 at Chhattisgarh State Open School, Raipur.^[1]

Career

Atami won from Dantewada Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He polled 57,739 votes and defeated his nearest rival, K. Chavindra Mahendra Karma of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 16,803 votes.^[4][5][6]

He was part of the Salwa Judum, an armed anti insurgency militia created by the local leaders as a resistance force against the Naxalites in the affected Bastar region. After the Supreme Court of India declared Salwa Judum (Peace March) as unconstitutional, many of these leaders joined political parties. Atami too joined BJP.^[7]