Vikas Upadhyay
Vikas Upadhyay Member of the legislative Assembly (MLA) - Raipur C.G. | |
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| Janta Colony, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001 | |
| President | Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Raipur West, Vidhan Sabha Chhattisgarh state, India. |
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| Born | 05-11-1975 |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Raipur West, Vidhan Sabha Chhattisgarh state, India
Vikas Upadhyay[1] was born in ( 05-11-1975) to a farmer's family in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. His family had no political background but he was attracted to politics from his student days and was known as a firebrand idealist with revolutionary fervor in student politics. He joined the National Students Union of India (NSUI) during his early days of school in 1994. He became the President of NSUI Block, Raipur, was elected as the President of the College Unit and became the District President NSUI. He joined the National Committee as the Secretary, NSUI.[2]
He was given charge of the states of Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. He was elected as the President of the NSUI for the state of Chhattisgarh.[3]
Political career
He was inducted into the Indian Youth Congress national committee as Secretary in 2009.[4] During this time he travelled in the states of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Tripura and the union territory of Chandigarh.
After a year as the Secretary of All India Youth Congress, he was made General Secretary of the All India Youth Congress [5] in April 2010 when Rajiv Satav became the National President of Indian Youth Congress. He was given the charge of Delhi, Gujarat, and Daman Diu.[6]
During his period in the Indian Youth Congress, he worked in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Punjab, Gujarat, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman Diu, Orissa, Karnataka, Assam, Chandigarh, and Tripura.
He has launched an anti-drug program educating the people about the ill effects of drugs and helping families in the rehabilitation of the people affected.
He has taken part in the "Nav Inqalaab" Yatra which is a Pad Yatra launched by the Indian Youth Congress to get in touch with the roots of the country's understanding needs, problems, and grievances. He led the states for Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi, and Daman Diu covering 1700 km in Gujarat, 1200 km in Tripura and above 900 km have been covered in Punjab so far.
Know He is Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Raipur West, Vidhan Sabha Chhattisgarh state.
References
- ^ "VikasUpadhyay. – विकास उपाध्याय अध्यक्ष, शहर जिला कांग्रेस कमेटी, रायपुर सीजी". vikasupadhyay.in. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Briefly". The Hindu. 30 January 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ TNN 2 Aug 2010, 01.30am IST (2 August 2010). "Rahul Gandhi revamps IYC core team". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ [3] Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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