Vijay Laxmi Gautam

Summary

Vijay Laxmi Gautam is an Indian politician and Minister of State in the Government of Uttar Pradesh[1] and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly.[2] He represents the Salempur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.[3] He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4][3][5]

Vijay Laxmi Gautam
State Minister of Rural Development,Overall Village Development, Rural Engineering
Assumed office
March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25)
GovernorAnandiben Patel
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Member of the 18th Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
March 2022
Preceded byManbodh
ConstituencySalempur
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyBJP
Other political
affiliations
INC
OccupationMLA
ProfessionPolitician

Political career edit

Following the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election,[4] he was elected as an MLA from the Salempur Assembly constituency, defeating Manbodh Prasad, the candidate from the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), by the margin of 16,608 votes.[4]

On 25 March 2022, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, appointed Vijay Laxmi Gautam as the Minister of Rural Development in Uttar Pradesh government.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Uttar Pradesh: Ministries allotted to ministers of Yogi government, know who got which department, this is the complete list". Times Now Hindi (in Hindi). 2022-03-28.
  2. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Office, Lucknow". upcmo.up.nic.in.
  3. ^ a b "UP Govt 2022: Know who is Vijay Lakshmi Gautam who came into limelight as soon as she became MLA for the first time" (in Hindi). Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  4. ^ a b c "GEN ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT MARCH-2022". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  5. ^ "Surya Pratap Shahi gets another chance in Yogi 2.0 government, Jayaprakash's card cut, Vijay Lakshmi Gautam becomes minister, only woman MLA in Gorakhpur division" (in Hindi). Navbhart Times. Retrieved 2022-03-25.