Brajesh Pathak (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, Currently he is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister & Cabinet Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is also an ex Member of Parliament of Unnao from 2004 to 2009.

He is the member of legislative assembly from Lucknow Contonment constituency after winning 2022 state assembly elections.

Early life and education

Brajesh Pathak was born in Brahman family on 25 June 1964 to Pandit Suresh Pathak in Mallawan, Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh. He is a lawyer by profession. He received a degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of Lucknow.[1]

Political career

In 2004, Pathak was asked to work for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and became the Member of Parliament. In the next few years he was entrusted with the responsibility of organising the party's activities for the entirety of Uttar Pradesh.[citation needed]

He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of its national president Amit Shah and Union minister Mahesh Sharma in Lucknow. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he was elected Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Lucknow Central of Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh. He defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra by a margin of 5,094 votes.[2] After winning this seat, he was appointed Cabinet Minister of Law & Justice in the Government of Uttar Pradesh.[3]

On 21 August 2019, after the first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service.[4] On 25 March 2022, he became Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh along with Keshav Prasad Maurya.[5]

Personal life

On August 5, 2020, he was infected with COVID-19.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Member profile". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Yogi Adityanath Cabinet 2017: Full list of ministers and their portfolios in Uttar Pradesh". The Financial Express. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  4. ^ Qazi Faraz Ahmad (21 August 2019). "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ "UP: Brajesh Pathak sworn in as deputy CM, replaces Dinesh Sharma. Know about him". Hindustan Times. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  6. ^ "UP cabinet minister Brajesh Pathak tests positive for COVID-19". New Indian Express. 5 August 2020.

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