He was also the Minister in-charge of the Narmada Seva Yatra - a unique river conservation and development programme led by Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
He has held important portfolios such as Forests, Home Affairs, Power & Energy, Health, and Education during his different tenures as Cabinet Minister.
Since 1990 he had support of local public leader moorat singh thakur (gairatganj) .He was elected to the State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) as MLA for the first time at the age of 27 years in 1977 on a ticket from [Bharatiya Jana Sangh], the erstwhile name of BJP.
He has been the lead campaign manager for former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when the latter won from Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency in MP during the 1991 general elections.
Born in 1950 in Udaipura in Raisen district, Shejwar is personally involved in agricultural and charitable healthcare activities.