Rajendra Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh politician)

Rajendra Chaudhary is a politician in Uttar Pradesh, India, belonging to the Samajwadi Party, who currently serves as Member of Legislative Council since 2021. He is the Chief Spokesperson of the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, and also additionally serves as the party’s state incharge of Uttarakhand.[1]

Rajendra Chaudhary
Member (MLC) of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
Assumed office
31 January 2021
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
In office
2012–2018
Constituencyelected by Legislative Assembly members
Member (MLA) of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byPyare Lal
Succeeded bySurendra Kumar
ConstituencyGhaziabad
Personal details
BornKotgaon village, Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouseunmarried
Parent
  • Amrit Singh (father)
EducationBA-LLB
MA (Economics)

Chaudhary served as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the year 1978 from Bharatiya Kranti Dal, headed by the former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, and became the chairperson of UP Agro in 1992. He also served as the Minister of Science and Technology under the Samajwadi Party in the year 2002.

In 2012 he was nominated as the MLC from Uttar Pradesh along with Akhilesh Yadav, and in February 2013 he was appointed a Cabinet Minister in the Akhilesh Yadav ministry.[1] He holds the portfolios for the Jail Ministry and the Food & Civil Supplies Department.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nath Batt, Virendra (10 October 2013). "Tainted SP leaders inducted in UP Cabinet expansion". Tehelka Daily.
  2. ^ Shrivastava, Piyush (11 March 2012). "Team Akhilesh". Mail Today. New Delhi.