Laxmikant Bajpai (born 20 July 1951) is an Indian politician and former State President of BJP's

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

unit. He was elected four times as member of the

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Hindi: ''Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha'') is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Uttar Pradesh. There are 403 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the- ...

from

Meerut Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...

assembly constituency.

Education

He studied B.Sc. from

Meerut College Meerut College is a state-funded college in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. The college is affiliated to Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. The college was established in 1892 and has a campus of . The college has glorious history of achiev ...

and later obtained a BAMS degree from Rishikul Ayurveda College,

Haridwar Haridwar (; ) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. With a population of 228,832 in 2011, it is the second-largest city in the state and the largest in the district. The city is situated on the ri ...

(''now'' Uttarakhand Ayurved University - Rishikul Campus, Haridwar).

Student politics

He was the General Secretary of the Student Union in his college days. During this tenure Laxmikant protested in front of many senior leaders and succeeded in obtaining government aids and management for all the Ayurvedic colleges of the state.

Later politics

In 1977 he became the President of

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( Youth Cell) of

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

. During 1980-87 he was District General Secretary of BJP Meerut. 1984-86 he was the vice president of BJP Yuva Morch in

. He is an active legislator as well and prominently takes part in the legislative debates. He had the membership of many committees of

Legislative Assembly. He is noted for his honesty and austere lifestyle and is still seen riding his scooter. He was reelected as the president of BJP Uttar Pradesh in December 2012 on account of his excellent track record. After his appointment as the president, the BJP has recorded a landslide victory in the Municipal Elections by collecting 10 out of the 12 mayor seats and an increased vote percentage. During his ongoing tenure BJP has also won

Kannauj Kannauj ( Hindustani pronunciation: ənːɔːd͡ʒ is a city, administrative headquarters and a municipal board or Nagar Palika Parishad in Kannauj district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city's name is a corrupted form of the class ...

Civic Polls. Experts believe that if given a free hand Bajpai on account of his clean image, effective management and contact with workers will lead BJP to regain its lost glory in

. The organizational and political skills of Bajpai worked well for the BJP when the party won 71 out of the 80 seats in

in the General elections 2014, which is by far its best total.

References

Politicians from Meerut Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh 1951 births Janata Party politicians {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub