Radha Mohan Das Agarwal
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Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
Assumed office 5 July 2022 | |
Constituency | Uttar Pradesh |
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
In office March 2002 – 10 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Shiv Pratap Shukla |
Succeeded by | Yogi Adityanath |
Constituency | Gorakhpur Urban |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | 6 March 1955
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party (2007-present) |
Other political affiliations | Hindu Mahasabha (until 2007) |
Spouse |
Ragini Agrawal (m. 1988) |
Children | 1 daughter |
Parents |
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Residence(s) | Daudpur, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh |
Alma mater | Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University |
Profession |
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Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal (born 6 March 1955) is the National General Secretary of the
In September 2022, BJP national president J. P. Nadda appointed him as in-charge of the BJP in Lakshadweep and as co-in-charge of the BJP in Kerala. He has been given responsibility as BJP Karnataka State election in-charge for the 2024 Lok Sabha general election.
He has been appointed a Member of the Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Finance and a Member of the Standing Committee of Finance for 2022–23. Furthermore, he has also been appointed as a member of the Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs since 2022. He is nominated as a Member of the Council of the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research and a Member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Jan Vishwas Bill 2022. In March 2023, he was elected to the Member Standing Committee on Public Undertaking.
Personal life
Dr. Agrawal was born on March 6, 1955, in
Political career
Agrawal's political journey started during college when he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and later joined student politics. He was elected president of the Junior Doctors Association in 1974 and later general secretary of the BHU Teachers Association (BHUTA). He was then chosen as General Secretary of the Federation of Central University Teacher's Unions by profession.[citation needed] In 1986, after resigning as Asst. Professor of BHU started a clinic in Gorakhpur, inaugurated by the National President of the then Janata Party, Chandra Shekhar, who became Prime Minister of India. He led Kashmir Bachao Manch, Swadeshi Jagran Manch, and Pragya Prawah as Vibhaag Sangyojak. He served as a deputy secretary of Vishwa Samvad Kendra at Gorakhprant of RSS.
His political activities started in 1998 at the invitation of
Before the 2007 elections, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the
In his 3rd Vidhan Sabha election (2012), he won by a margin of 48,000, and in the fourth election in 2017, he again increased his margin to 62,000.[4]
In 2022, the BJP high command decided to nominate Yogi Adityanath as an MLA candidate for Gorakhpur. The BJP national president, J. P. Nadda, requested he vacate the seat, which he gladly accepted.
The BJP high command nominated him as a BJP candidate for the Rajya Sabha election on May 31, 2022, which he won unopposed.[5][6]
Recently, on April 4, 2023, Dr. Agrawal was acquitted of a criminal case under Articles 147, 323, 352, and 447 of the Indian Penal Code. He was also acquitted under Articles 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, which Dr. Agrawal said was a result of political jealousy and rivalry.[7] Two other cases were also filed against him but were later dropped.
On January 30, 2023, Dr. Agrawal was appointed National General Secretary of the BJP.[8] Dr. Agrawal has been given the responsibility of Karnataka BJP Election In-Charge for the 2024 Lok Sabha Election.
References
- ^ a b c "Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (UPLA): Member info". www.upvidhansabhaproceedings.gov.in. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ a b "DR Radha Mohan Das Agrawal : (BJP) Bharatiya Janata Party, MLA, Gorakhpur Urban Constituency". Janpratinidhi. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ a b ADR. "Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- GORAKHPUR URBAN (GORAKHPUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". Myneta.info. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Gorakhpur Urban Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". www.elections.in. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ "BJP's Radha Mohan Das Agrawal acquitted in 2015 assault case". Hindustan Times. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Four New Stars in UP Politics – and All of Them Have a Bone to Pick With Adityanath". The Wire. Retrieved 13 May 2024.