Jitu Patwari, who replaced ex-CM Kamal Nath as President of Congress' Madhya Pradesh unit, is freedom fighter Kodarlal Patwari's grandson. The 50-year-old OBC leader was born in Bijalpur and lost the recent Assembly polls from Rau. Patwari, who first became MLA in 2013, did BA and LLB from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya. He was a state minister between 2018 and 2020.