Keshav Prasad Maurya
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Keshav Prasad Maurya केशव प्रसाद मौर्य | |
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| Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 19 March 2017 | |
| Chief Minister | Yogi Adityanath |
| Minister of Public Works Department (Government of Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2017 | |
| Minister of Food Processing (Government of Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2017 | |
| Minister of Entertainment Tax (Government of Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2017 | |
| Minister of Public Enterprises (Government of Uttar Pradesh) | |
| Assumed office 23 March 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1969 Sirathu, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Rajkumari Devi |
| Relations | Shukhlal Maurya (elder brother) Rajendra Maurya (younger brother) |
| Children | Yogesh Kumar Maurya Ashish Kumar Maurya |
| Parent(s) | Shyam Lal Maurya (father) Dhanpati Devi Maurya (mother) |
| Residence(s) | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | Bachelor of Arts |
| Occupation | Businessman, Politician |
As of December 17,, 2016 Source: [1] | |
Keshav Prasad Maurya is an Indian politician who is the current Deputy Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He is the member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and contested the Indian general elections, 2014 from the Phulpur parliamentary constituency of Allahabad district and won it.[1]
On 11 January 2016, 12 BJP party leaders were expelled from the party for attacking Maurya one week earlier in Ballia, and two other cases were filed against two more BJP leaders.[2]
On 8 April 2016, on the first day of Chaitra, he was declared Bharatiya Janata Party chief of Uttar Pradesh,[3] India's most populous state. Like his party's top leader - Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Maurya sold tea in his youth at his father's stall in their village. A member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he also participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.
Born in 1969, in Sirathu in Kausambhi district, adjoining Allahabad, Maurya went on to study Hindi Literature at the Hindu Sahitya Sammelan in Allahabad. Hailing from a humble farming family, Maurya sold tea and newspapers during his childhood. Maurya Family runs Petrol Pump & Schools in Sirathu Area & Also Holding the Director position of Kamdhenu Logistics private limited with his son Yogesh Maurya.
The factors what went in his favour, party sources say, is his humble beginning, deep association with the Sangh and his OBC (Shakya) background. “Gareebi, Sangh and OBC, the trajectory is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said a BJP leader, quite pleased by the likeness.
Maurya is relatively young and his full-time karyakarta background is expected to boost the morale of the BJP-RSS cadre. His RSS upbringing will also provide “energy and help in connecting RSS cadre,” a senior BJP leader said. Since Mr. Maurya is an MP and “won’t have the burden of fighting elections in 2017, he will devote his time entirely to focus on winning the elections,” Mr. Chandramohan said, hailing him as an “aggressive leader.”
Though he keeps a low-profile and is not popular outside the Kaushambi-Allahabad-Varanasi belt, Maurya’s pro-Hindutva image, and his promotion could be a sign of things to come. He has been associated with the RSS[disambiguation needed] and the VHP[disambiguation needed]-Bajrang Dal from an early age, holding the posts of Nagar Karyawah and VHP Pranth Sanghathan Mantri, among others. While being active in the gauraksha (cow-protection) movements, he also participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. In the BJP, Maurya has been the regional (Kashi) coordinator of the backward class cell and the BJP Kisan Morcha.
He has contested the 2002, 2007 and 2012 assembly elections and was the sitting MLA from Sirathu assembly constituency before getting elected as MP from the Phulpur seat in 2014 with a thumping five lakh votes and over 52 per cent votes.
As on March 18, 2017 he has been appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[4]
Political career
He got the ministries of public works department (PWD), food processing, entertainment tax and public enterprises department.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Eciresults.nic.in. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-expels-12-party-leaders-for-attacking-mp-keshav-prasad-maurya/articleshow/50531566.cms
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/keshav-prasad-maurya-profile/article8452117.ece
- ^ "The big question: UP ka CM kaun?". NewsBytes. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "CM Yogi Adityanath keeps home, revenue: UP portfolio allocation highlights", Hindustan Times, 22 March 2017
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath allocates portfolios, keeps home", Live Mint, 23 March 2017
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