Anil Kumar Maurya

Summary

Dr. Anil Maurya is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Ghorawal constituency in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1]

Anil Maurya
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
ConstituencyGhorawal, Sonbhadra
Personal details
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party

Early life edit

Anil Kumar Maurya was born on 20 October 1969 in Akatha village of Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh. He got his early education at his native village. He completed his Ph.D. in 2008 from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi. He started taking part in political activities during studies in Kashi Vidyapeeth.[2]

Political career edit

Anil Kumar Maurya was elected as Member of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly from Rajnagar assembly seat in Mirzapur in 2007 as a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate.[3] However he lost his second election in 2012. He was expelled from BSP in 2016 for alleged anti-party activities.[4] After expulsion from BSP, Maurya joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He got elected again as MLA from Ghorawal assembly seat in Sonbhadra district in 2017 defeating his close contestant Ramesh Chandra from Samajwadi Party with a margin of 57,649 votes.[5][6]

Posts held edit

# From To Position Constituency
01 2007 2012 Member, 15th Legislative Assembly Rajgarh
02 2017 Incumbent Member, 17th Legislative Assembly Ghorawal

References edit

  1. ^ "Myneta, Election Watch". Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Affidavit by Anil Kumar Maurya, Myneta" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Myneta". Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. ^ Shah, Pankaj (1 July 2016). "Maurya's call for support catches BSP rebels' fancy". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Ghorawal - Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2017". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  6. ^ "विधायक ने किया निरीक्षण,Dainik Jagaran". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.