Rakesh Sachan

Rakesh Sachan (born 20 December 1964) is an Indian politician and currently a Cabinet minister & Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) (2022) from Bhognipur constituency and, who has served two terms in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993–96 and 2002–2007) and in 2009 was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Fathepur Lok Sabha constituency, on the Samajwadi Party ticket.[1] He stood for re-election from the same constituency in 2014, again as a member of the Samajwadi Party, but lost.

Rakesh Sachan
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly(India)
Assumed office
10 March 2022
ConstituencyBhognipur
Cabinet Minister
Assumed office
2022
Succeeded byNarandra Pal Singh
ConstituencyBhognipur
Cabinet Minister ( Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Khadi and Villages Industries, Sericulture Industries, Handloom and Textile)
Personal details
Born (1964-12-20) 20 December 1964
Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
NationalityIndian
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)Seema Sachan
Children3 (2 Son,1 Daughter)
Alma materKanpur University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPolitician

Sachan switched political parties, and joined the Indian National Congress on 2 March 2019.[2] In the 2019 Indian general election he was a candidate from the Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency as a member of INC.[3]

In January 2022 he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),and became the Cabinet Minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry.[4] He contested from Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhognipur in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[5]

References
  1. "Detailed Profile: Shri Rakesh Sachan". india.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. "Former BJP leader Savitri Bai Phule joins Congress in presence of Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi". NewsX. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. "Who is contesting from where? Here is complete list of Congress candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019- News Nation". News Nation. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. "sachan: Senior Congress Leader Rakesh Sachan Joins Bjp | Kanpur News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  5. "Bhognipur Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Rakesh Sachan of BJP Wins". News18. 10 March 2022.
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