Prem Sai Singh Tekam

Prem Sai Singh Tekam (born 14 September 1954) is an Indian politician hailing from Chhattisgarh, India.

[2][3] In July 2023, he was appointed as the Chairman of the State Planning Commission and he retained the status of a cabinet minister in Chhattisgarh.

In 1993, he was appointed as the minister handling the portfolio of Water Resources and Legal Legislative Affairs Department in Government of Madhya Pradesh.

[citation needed] In September 2022, Prem Sai Singh Tekam made a controversial remark, suggesting that liquor unites people, during a de-addiction campaign program where he was invited to address the audience.

While referencing Madhushala, a poem by poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan, he defended alcohol and declared that people should exercise greater self-control.