Nakul Dubey
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Nakul Dubey | |
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| Former Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Education | LL.B. |
Nakul Dubey[1][2][3][4] is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress and a former urban development minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh when Mayawati was Chief Minister.[5] Facebook; X(earlier Twitter)
Before joining politics in 2007, Dubey was an advocate by profession, practising in Lucknow High Court. He was also elected as a member of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh in 2006, securing the maximum votes in the state.[citation needed]
Dubey quit his career as a lawyer in 2007 and contested the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections in the Mahona constituency as a BSP candidate. He was Minister of Urban Development, Environment and Prohibition during 2007–12.[citation needed]
In 2012, Dubey contested the Legislative Assembly elections in Bakshi Kaa Talab constituency, Lucknow district. He lost by a margin of few hundred votes.[citation needed]
Subsequently, in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Dubey stood as a candidate in Lucknow. Again, he did not win.[citation needed]
Dubey was given the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Award for the best work in Kanpur.
In the year 2019, he contested Lok Sabha elections from Sitapur on BSP seat but lost to Rajesh Verma of BJP.
In May 2022 he joined the Indian National Congress.[6]
Positions held
[edit]| Year | Description |
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| 2007- 2012 | Elected to 15th Uttar Pradesh Assembly
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Electoral Performance
[edit]| Year | Election | Party | Constituency Name | Result | Votes gained | Vote share% | Margin | |
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| 2007 | 15th UP Assembly | BSP | Mahona | Won | 54,604 | 26.38% | 2,177 | |
| 2012 | 16th UP Assembly | BSP | Bakshi Ka Talab | Lost | 77,730 | 35.88% | 1,899 | |
| 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | BSP | Lucknow | Lost | 64,449 | 6.23% | 4,96,657 | |
| 2017 | 17th UP Assembly | BSP | Bakshi Ka Talab | Lost | 78,898 | 29.80 | 17,584 | |
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | BSP | Sitapur | Lost | 4,13,695 | 38.86% | 1,00,833 | |
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/bsp-big-brahmin-face-nakul-dubey-joins-congress-party
- ^ https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/after-expulsion-dubey-thanks-mayawati-for-setting-me-free-7873931/
- ^ https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/congress-is-fighting-the-battle-of-farmers-students-and-unemployed-nakul-dubey-azamgarh-news-vns6799132162
- ^ https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/news/azamgarh-congress-provincial-president-nakul-dubey-said-130459492.html
- ^ "Nominations for Lucknow parliamentary seat begin today". Business Standard India. 2 April 2014.
- ^ https://theprint.in/india/ex-bsp-minister-nakul-dubey-joins-congress/971705/