Rajesh Tripathi | |
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Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Vinay Shankar Tiwari |
Constituency | Chillupar |
In office May 2007 – March 2017 | |
Preceded by | Hari Shankar Tiwari |
Succeeded by | Vinay Shankar Tiwari |
Constituency | Chillupar |
Personal details | |
Born | 1964 or 1965 (age 58–59) [1] |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Residence(s) | Chillupar, Uttar Pradesh, India [1] |
Alma mater | Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, 1985 |
Rajesh Tripathi is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Chillupar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, [1] [2] and had represented the Chillupar constituency as a member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. [3] [4]
Tripathi was born to Shivakant Tripathi and hails from Chillupar in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He did his graduation from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University in 1985. [1]
Tripathi defeated strongman Harishankar Tiwari in 2007 in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, and repeated it again in 2012, becoming a member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assemblies from Chillupar. [5] [3] [4] In the 2017 election, Tripathi lost to Vinay Shankar Tiwari, son of Harishankar Tiwari. [6]
In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Tripathi defeated the junior Tiwari as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Chillupar. [1] [2]