Sriram Chauhan

Sriram Chauhan
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
21 August 2019 – 25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Ministry & Department's
  • Horticulture
  • Agricultural Exports
  • Agricultural Marketing
  • Agricultural Foreign Trade
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
March 2022
Preceded bySant Prasad
ConstituencyKhajani
In office
March 2017 – March 2022
Preceded byAlagu Prasad Chauhan
Succeeded byGanesh Chandra
ConstituencyDhanghata
In office
June 1991 – December 1992
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byLal Mani Prasad
ConstituencyHainsarbazar
In office
December 1989 – April 1991
Preceded byGenda Devi
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyHainsarbazar
Union Minister of State
Government of India
In office
13 October 1999 – 1 September 2001
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Ministry & Department's
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
October 1999 – May 2004
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byLal Mani Prasad
In office
February 1998 – October 1999
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byHimself
In office
May 1996 – February 1998
Preceded byShyam Lal Kamal
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyBasti
Personal details
Born (1953-09-20) 20 September 1953 (age 71)
Khalilabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse
Gainda Devi
(m. 1971)
Children3
Residence(s)Barhi Tola Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
Alma materMA in Geography
OccupationPolitician
Profession
  • Politician
  • agriculturist
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Sriram Chauhan (born 20 September 1953) is an Indian politician and member of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Khajani constituency.[2] He was the Minister of State, Parliamentary Affairs in 1999 and the Minister of State, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution from 1999 to 2001 in the Third Vajpayee ministry.[3] He was elected as MP to 13th Lok Sabha from Basti in Uttar Pradesh. He was imprisoned in the emergency[clarification needed] in 1975.[1][3]

Personal life

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Chauhan was born to Ram Naresh and Keshri Devi on 20 September 1953 in Khalilabad city of Basti district (now in Sant Kabir Nagar district) of Uttar Pradesh. He is a post-graduate and was educated at Kisan Snatakottar Mahavidyalaya, Basti. Chauhan married Gainda Devi in October 1971, with whom he has two daughters and a son. He is an agriculturist by profession.[3]

Political career

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Chauhan has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2017, he has represented the Dhanghata constituency and is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. He is a former Member of parliament from Basti (Lok Sabha constituency) three straight times.

In 2017 elections he defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Algoo Prasad by a margin of 16,909 votes.[4]

He has been appointed Minister of State (Independent Charge) in Yogi Adityanath ministry on 21 August 2019.[5]

In 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Chauhan contested from Khajani constituency and defeated rival Rupawati Beldar of Samajwadi Party by 37,101 votes.[2]

Posts held

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# From To Position Comments
01 May 1996 February 1998 Member, 11th Lok Sabha
02 February 1998 October 1999 Member, 12th Lok Sabha
03 October 1999 May 2001 Minister of State for Affairs
04 October 1999 May 2004 Member, 13th Lok Sabha
05 March 2017 March 2022 Member, 17th Legislative Assembly [4]
06 August 2019 Incumbent Minister of State (Independent Charge), Uttar Pradesh Government [6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Candidate affidavit". My Neta. my neta.info. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "UP polls: Yogi Adityanath wins Gorakhpur Urban seat by over 1 lakh votes, BJP makes clean sweep in district". Hindustan Times. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament: CHAUHAN, SHRI SRIRAM". Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Dhanghata Election Results 2017". www.elections.in. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. ^ "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Yogi Adityanath inducts 18 new faces in cabinet, axes five ministers". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.