Английская Википедия:Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency) in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He was serving as Minister of State for Public Works in Government of Uttar Pradesh.[2]

Early life and education

Upadhyay was born 9 July 1950 in Rasin village of Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh to his father Rajaram Upadhyay. He belongs to Brahmin family. He married Devika Upadhyay, they have two sons Prashant, and Nishant and one daughter Meenakshi. In 1975 he attended Allahabad University and attained Master of Arts degree.[1][3]

Political career

Upadhyay was Personal Secretary of Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi, who was the Minister of Human Resources from 1998 to 2004. He retired in 2010 from the post of Chief Development officer (CDO) in Kannauj. He then started a career in politics. In 2012 Assembly elections, party gave him ticket from Chitrakoot but he lost the election. He was then made a member of the National Working Committee and vice-chairman of the Bundelkhand Regional Committee.

In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he was elected MLA from Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency). He defeated his nearest candidate Veer Singh (Samajwadi Party), by a margin of 26,430 votes.[4]

On 21 August 2019, after first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath Government he was appointed Minister of State for Public Works.[5]

Posts held

# From To Position Comments
1 March 2017 March 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh [6]
2 August 2019 March 2022 Minister of State in Yogi Adityanath ministry

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