Tufani Saroj (born 2 July 1956) is an Indian politician in 13th and 14th Lok Sabha from Saidpur, Ghazipur and 15th Lok Sabha from MachhliShahr, Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] He represents the MachhliShahr Constituency in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India and is a Member of Samajwadi Party.[2][3][4][5]
Tufani Saroj | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh | |
Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Dinesh Choudhary |
Constituency | Kerakat, Jaunpur |
Member of Parliament, Loksabha | |
In office October 1999 - May 2009 (2 Times) | |
Preceded by | Bizay Sonkar Shastri |
Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
Constituency | Saidpur, Ghazipur |
In office May 2009 - May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Umakant Yadav |
Succeeded by | Ram Charitra Nishad |
Constituency | MachhliShahr, Jaunpur |
Personal details | |
Born | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India | 2 July 1956
Political party | Samajwadi Party |
Spouse | Munni Devi |
Children | 5 |
Residence | Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh |
Education | Graduation |
Alma mater | Gorakhpur University |
Profession | Agriculture |
Website | http://www.samajwadiparty.in |
Tufani Saroj was born 2 July 1956 in Jaunpur District of Uttar Pradesh to his father Jangi and mother Mulana Devi. He married Munni Devi on 8 May 1986. They have four daughters and a son.[6] He attended Baldeo Degree College, Baragaon, Varanasi for Bachelor of Arts.[7][8][9][10]
Tufani Saroj is a Member of the Samajwadi Party and has won the 1999, 2004 & 2009 Indian general Elections from the Saidpur, Ghazipur and Machhlishahr, Jaunpur (Lok Sabha constituency) on Samajwadi Party ticket.[11][12]
In 16th Loksabha (2014) Elections, Samajwadi Party again made him its candidate from Machhali Shahar (Lok Sabha Constituency). He contested election but lost in Narendra Modi wave, he lost to Bhartiya Janta Party Ram Charitra Nishad and stood on third with 191,387 (19.18%) votes.[13][14][15]
SL | From | To | Position |
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1. | 1999 | 2004 | Elected to 13th Lok Sabha (1st term) from Saidpur, Ghazipur |
2. | 1999 | 2000 | Member, Committee on Information Technoloty |
3. | 2000 | 2001 | Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes |
4. | 2001 | 2002 | Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation |
5. | 2004 | 2009 | Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term) from Saidpur, Ghazipur |
6. | 5 Aug. 2004 | 2009 | Member, Committee on Human Resource Development |
7. | 1 Aug. 2007 | 2009 | Member, Committee on Estimates |
8. | 5 Aug. 2007 | 2009 | Member, Committee on Information Technology |
9. | 7 Aug. 2007 | 2009 | Member, Committee on MPLADS |
10. | 2009 | 2014 | Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (3rd term) from MachhliShhar, Jaunpur |
11. | 6 Aug. 2009 | 2014 | Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2009-2010) |
12. | 31 Aug. 2009 | 2014 | Member, Committee on Information Technology |
13. | 7 Oct. 2009 | 2014 | Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme |
14. | 10 Mar. 2022 | Elected to 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Kerakat, Jaunpur |