Bhimrao Ambedkar (Uttar Pradesh politician)

Bhimrao Ambedkar is an Indian politician from the Bahujan Samaj Party and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.

Bhimrao Ambedkar
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Assumed office
6 May 2018
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2007 - 2012
Personal details
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party
Alma materKanpur University (MA), Allahabad University (LLB)

Political career

MLC

In the elections on 23 March 2018, BJP won 11 out of 13 seats and the remaining two were won by Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party each. Ambedkar became a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.[1][2]

He had earlier unsuccessfully contested the Rajya Sabha elections in 2018 where he was defeated by Anil Agrawal of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

MLA

He was elected from the Vidhan Sabha constituency Lakhna seat in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections. And MLC UP in 2018 . He was candidate of MP Rajya Sabha but due to some political situation he could not elected.[3]

He was named after the Indian leader B. R. Ambedkar.[4]

References
  1. "All 13 candidates declared elected unopposed to UP legislative council". The New Indian Express. 19 April 2018.
  2. https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bsps-bhim-rao-ambedkar-12-others-elected-unopposed-to-up-legislative-council-1723513.html
  3. Empowering India - Making democracy meaningful, Know our Representative & Candidate
  4. "Ambedkar of UP fights for the BSP". News18. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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