Hardwar Dubey

Haridwar Dubey is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.[1] He is a former member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Agra Cantonment.[2] and Minister of State in the Kalyan Singh ministry[3][4][5] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Haridwar Dubey
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
25 November 2020
Preceded byChandrapal Singh Yadav
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Minister Of State For Finance,
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
1991–1991
Chief MinisterKalyan Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1989–1993
Preceded byKrishna Vir Singh Kaushal
Succeeded byRamesh Kant Lawania
ConstituencyAgra Cantonment
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party

Early life

Hardwar Dubey is originally from Ballia,he has been an RSS pracharak in Sitapur, Ayodhya, Shahjahanpur. In 1969, he came to Agra to become the organization in-charge of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and took over local politics.

Political career

In the year 1989, he contested for the first time and won the Agra Cantonment seat. This was the seat which was occupied by the Congress since independence. He again won the 1991 elections and winning for the second time, he was made the Minister of State for Finance in the Kalyan Singh ministry. Due to controversies, he had to resign from the ministerial position within a year.

In 2005, he unsuccessfully contested by-elections from the Kheragarh Assembly seat. Earlier, he also lost in the Agra-Firozabad seat to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council election.

In 2011, he took over as BJP’s State Spokesperson and in 2013 as State Vice President.[6]

References
  1. https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-union-minister-puri-nine-others-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-uttar-pradesh-2853962
  2. "Agra Cantonment Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. "Union minister Puri, ex-top cop in BJP list for upper house | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "BJP names new office bearers in Uttar Pradesh". NDTV.com.
  5. "Ticket of Rajya Sabha: भाजपा का ब्रज के दो दिग्गजों पर दांव, जातिगत समीकरण भी लिए साध". Dainik Jagran.
  6. https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/agra-city-bjp-gave-rajya-sabha-ticket-to-two-leaders-of-agra-hardwar-dubey-and-bl-verma-20959666.html


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.