Amit Malviya is an Indian politician serving as the national convener of the IT cell of the

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Early life

Malviya is from

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, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his BBM from

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and PGDM Finance Management from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

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. He went on to work in the banking sector for a number of years.

Bharatiya Janata Party

In 2009, Malviya gained prominence in the

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through the forum 'Friends of BJP'. Following this he was made the head of the BJP IT Cell. Several social media posts by Malviya were criticized for being misinformation. In December 2020, Twitter flagged a tweet by Malviya about the farmers' protest as 'manipulated media'.

Early life

Bharatiya Janata Party

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