Bhimrao Ambedkar (Uttar Pradesh politician)
Bhimrao Ambedkar | |
|---|---|
 Bhimrao Ambedkar (UP politician) | |
| Member of the Indian Legislative Council | |
| In office 6 May 2018 – 5 May 2024 | |
| Constituency | elected by Legislative Assembly members |
| Member of the Indian Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2007–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Alma mater | Kanpur University (MA), Allahabad University (LLB) |
Bhimrao Ambedkar is an Indian politician from the Bahujan Samaj Party and a member of the Indian Legislative Council.
Political career
[edit]MLC
[edit]In the elections on 23 March 2018, BJP won 11 out of 13 seats and the remaining two were won by Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party each. Ambedkar became a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.[1][2]
He had earlier unsuccessfully contested the Rajya Sabha elections in 2018 where he was defeated by Anil Agrawal of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
MLA
[edit]He was elected from the Vidhan Sabha constituency Lakhna seat in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections and MLC U.P. in 2018. He was candidate of MP Rajya Sabha but due to some political situation he could not be elected.[3]
He was named after the Indian leader B. R. Ambedkar.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "All 13 candidates declared elected unopposed to UP legislative council". The New Indian Express. 19 April 2018.
- ^ "BSP's Bhim Rao Ambedkar, 12 Others Elected Unopposed to UP Legislative Council". www.news18.com. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Candidates". www.empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ambedkar of UP fights for the BSP". News18. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2019.