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Sangeeta Balwant

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Sangeeta Balwant
Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
2024
Preceded bySakal Deep Rajbhar
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Minister of state for Co-operatives
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
26 September 2021 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
MinisterMukut Bihari
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2017–2022
Preceded byVijay Kumar Mishra
Succeeded byJaikishan
ConstituencyGhazipur Sadar
Personal details
Born (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978 (age 46)
Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Dr Awdhesh Kumar
(m. 2002)
Children2 sons
Parent
  • Ram Surat Bind (father)
Residence(s)Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh
EducationB.Ed, LLB, PhD
ProfessionPolitician
Source: [1]

Sangeeta Balwant is an Indian politician from the Bhartiya Janata Party. Currently Serving as Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha From Uttar Pradesh. Balwant contested the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election held in 2017 and was elected from the Ghazipur Sadar assembly constituency.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] She is known as grass-rooted political leader.[10]

Early life

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Sangeeta was born in Ghazipur City. She got her education in the city and started taking part in political activities of Bahujan Samaj Party. However, with the influence of BJP leader Manoj Sinha, she joined Bhartiya Janata Party.

Posts held

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# From To Position Comments
01 2017 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About Ghazipur Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. ^ "My Neta".
  3. ^ "bjp mla sangeeta balwant takes action, Dainik Bhaskar".
  4. ^ "Ghazipur Assembly Election Results 2017".
  5. ^ "Akhir Kisne Roki Sangeeta Ki raah, Amrit Brabhat".
  6. ^ "BJP ANNOUNCE THIRD LIST OF 67 CANDIDATES FOR ASSEMBLY POLL, THE PIONEER".
  7. ^ "UP polls 2017: Here's a look at political heavyweights in phase 7, ABP News".
  8. ^ "Full list of Cabinet ministers in CM Yogi Adityanath government, Financial Express".
  9. ^ "BJP's OBC Appeal Clear on Posters, Times of India". Archived from the original on 9 October 2017.
  10. ^ ThePrint (14 February 2024). "'Elite' intellectuals to grassroots workers, how Modi reshaped BJP's Rajya Sabha contingent in 10 yrs". Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.