Aman Mani Tripathi (born 12 January 1982) is an Indian politician and a member of

17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 19 March 2017 as a result of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The L ...

from Maharajganj. He represents the

Nautanwa (Assembly constituency) Nautanwa is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Nautanwa in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Nautanwa is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. ...

in Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh as an Independent politician.

Early life and education

Tripathi was born 12 January 1982 in Gorakhpur city of Uttar Pradesh to

Amarmani Tripathi Amarmani Tripathi is a politician from Eastern Uttar Pradesh. He has been a MLA from Nautanwa (Assembly constituency), Uttar Pradesh four times. He and his wife are currently serving a life sentence in the Madhumita Shukla murder case with consp ...

and Madhu Mani Tripathi. He completed his schooling from Springer Public School, Gorakhpur. In 2012, he graduated from

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University DDU Gorakhpur University (simply known as University of Gorakhpur) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It is about . from the downtown to the east and al ...

Political career

Tripathi's father, Amarmani Tripathi, was a four-time MLA from Lakshmipur (Assembly constituency) and also a cabinet minister in Government of Uttar Pradesh. He first ran for office in the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections. He contested from Nautanwa Assembly as a member of

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...

but lost to Indian National Congress candidate Kunwar Kaushal Kishore Singh by a margin of 7,837 (4.15%) votes. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, Tripathi was denied a ticket by the

after his name cropped up in his wife's murder case. After this he contested as Independent politician and was elected MLA by defeating

candidate Kunwar Kaushal Kishore Singh by a margin of 32,256 (15.26%) votes. Tripathi openly supports Yogi Adityanath for Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Controversy

Tripathi was arrested and sent to jail on 25 November 2016 for his wife's murder. Tripathi was denied a ticket by the Samajwadi Party after his name cropped up in his wife's murder case. He was granted bail in March 2017 after winning the Assembly election as an independent candidate. He was chargesheeted on 18 February.

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1982 births Independent politicians in India Living people People from Gorakhpur People from Maharajganj district Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 {{UttarPradesh-politician-stub