Rakesh Sachan

Rakesh Sachan (born 20 December 1964) is an Indian politician and currently a Cabinet minister in Ministry of MSME, Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile, Government of Uttar Pradesh & Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2022 (MLA) from Bhognipur constituency and, who has also served two terms in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1993–96 and 2002–2007) and in 2009 was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Fatepur Lok Sabha constituency, on the Samajwadi Party ticket.[1] He stood for re-election from the same constituency in 2014, again as a member of the Samajwadi Party, but lost.[2]

Rakesh Sachan
Minister of MSME, Khadi, Village Industries, Sericulture, Textile
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
25 March 2022
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded byVinod Kumar Katiyar
ConstituencyBhognipur
Member of 15th Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Preceded byMahendra Prasad Nishad
ConstituencyFatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
March 2002 – March 2007
ConstituencyGhatampur
In office
March 1993 – March 1996
ConstituencyGhatampur
Personal details
Born (1964-12-20) 20 December 1964
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
SpouseSeema Sachan
Children3 (2 Sons, 1 Daughter)
Alma materKanpur University
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPolitician

Sachan switched political parties, and joined the Indian National Congress on 2 March 2019.[3] In the 2019 Indian general election he was a candidate from the Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency as a member of INC.[4]

In January 2022 he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and became the Cabinet Minister in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry.[5] He contested from Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhognipur in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[6][7]

Early life and education

Sachan was born on 20 December 1964 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to his father Udai Narayan Singh. He married Seema Sachan, they have two sons and one daughter. He did his early schooling from Kanpur. He attended the Kanpur University and attained Bachelor of Science.

References
  1. "Detailed Profile: Shri Rakesh Sachan". india.gov.in. Government of India. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. "Rakesh Sachan Profile: Rakesh Sachan got ticket as soon as he joined BJP, let's know his political journey". Yugantar Pravah. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. "Former BJP leader Savitri Bai Phule joins Congress in presence of Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi". NewsX. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. "Who is contesting from where? Here is complete list of Congress candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019- News Nation". News Nation. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  5. "sachan: Senior Congress Leader Rakesh Sachan Joins Bjp | Kanpur News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. "Bhognipur Election Result 2022 LIVE Updates: Rakesh Sachan of BJP Wins". News18. 10 March 2022.
  7. "Rakesh Sachan: Rakesh Sachan's stars are high, he was made Cabinet Minister. Know his political journey". Yugantar Pravah. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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