Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay is an Indian politician and a member of

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. He represents the Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency) in

Chitrakoot district Chitrakoot district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India in the Bundelkhand region and Chitrakoot town is the district headquarters. Chitrakoot district is a part of Chitrakoot Division. The district occupies an area of 3,2 ...

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and is a member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

. He was serving as Minister of State for Public Works in

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Early life and education

Upadhyay was born 9 July 1950 in Rasin village of

to his father Rajaram Upadhyay. He belongs to Brahmin family. He married Devika Upadhyay, they have two sons Prashant, and Nishant and one daughter Meenakshi. In 1975 he attended

Allahabad University , mottoeng = "As Many Branches So Many Trees" , established = , type = Public , chancellor = Ashish Chauhan , vice_chancellor = Sangita Srivastava , head_label ...

and attained

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degree.

Political career

Upadhyay was

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of Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi, who was the Minister of Human Resources from 1998 to 2004. He retired in 2010 from the post of Chief Development officer (CDO) in Kannauj. He then started a career in politics. In 2012 Assembly elections, party gave him ticket from Chitrakoot but he lost the election. He was then made a member of the National Working Committee and vice-chairman of the Bundelkhand Regional Committee. In

(2017) elections, he was elected MLA from Chitrakoot (Assembly constituency). He defeated his nearest candidate Veer Singh (

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 ...

), by a margin of 26,430 votes. On 21 August 2019, after first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath Government he was appointed Minister of State for Public Works.

Posts held

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Upadhyay, Chandrika Prasad Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Chitrakoot district 1950 births