Rajesh Tripathi
Rajesh Tripathi | |
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Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Vinay Shankar Tiwari |
Constituency | Chillupar |
In office May 2007 – March 2017 | |
Preceded by | Hari Shankar Tiwari |
Succeeded by | Vinay Shankar Tiwari |
Constituency | Chillupar |
Personal details | |
Born | 1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)[1] |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Residence(s) | Chillupar, Uttar Pradesh, India[1] |
Alma mater | Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, 1985 |
Rajesh Tripathi is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Chillupar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,[1][2] and had represented the Chillupar constituency as a member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.[3][4]
Personal life
[edit]Tripathi was born to Shivakant Tripathi and hails from Chillupar in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He did his graduation from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University in 1985.[1]
Political career
[edit]Tripathi defeated strongman Harishankar Tiwari in 2007 in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, and repeated it again in 2012, becoming a member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assemblies from Chillupar.[5][3][4] In the 2017 election, Tripathi lost to Vinay Shankar Tiwari, son of Harishankar Tiwari.[6]
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Tripathi defeated the junior Tiwari as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Chillupar.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Rajesh Tripathi(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- Chillupar (Gorakhpur) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info.
- ^ a b "Vinay Shankar Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Vinay Shankar of SP loses from Chillupar seat". News18. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ a b "2007 Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ a b "2012 Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "पूर्वांचल के बाहुबली हरिशंकर तिवारी को हराने वाले मुक्तिपथ वाले बाबा को BJP ने चिल्लूपार से बनाया प्रत्याशी, जानें कौन हैं राजेश त्रिपाठी". Zee News (in Hindi). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ "2017 Election Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 March 2022.