Radha Mohan Das Agarwal (born 6 March 1955) is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha ) from Uttar Pradesh since 5 July 2022 and was a member of the 14th, 15th,

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and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2002, he represented

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as a member of the

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. In September 2022, BJP national president J. P. Nadda appointed him as in-charge of BJP in Lakshadweep and as Co-in-charge of BJP in Kerala He has been made Member of Consultative Committee of Ministry of Finance and Member Standing Committee of Finance for year 2022-23. He is also appointed as Member of Hindi Advisory Committee of Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs from year 2022 onwards.

Personal life

Dr. Agarwal was born on 6 March 1955 in

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to Dau Das Agarwal. He married Ragini Agarwal on 20 January 1988, and he has a paediatrician daughter. He is also a paediatrician. Agarwal did his

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in 1976 and MD in

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1981, both from the

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Political career

Agrawal's political journey started during his college days, when he joined the

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and then later joined the student politics. He was elected president of Junior Doctors Association in 1974 and later secretary of "BHU Teachers Association". He was then chosen as General Secretary of "Federation of Central University Teacher's Unions" by profession. In 1986, after resigning from Asst. Professor of BHU, he started a clinic in Gorakhpur, which was inaugurated by the National President of the then Janta Party Mr. Chandra Shekhar, who became Prime minister of India. He was given responsibilities to lead Kashmir Bachao Manch as Vibhaag Sangyojak, Swadeshi Jagran Manch as Vibhaag Sangyojak And Pragya Prawah again as Vibhaag Sangyojak. He served as a deputy secretary of Wishwa Samvad Kendra at Gorakhpur. His political activities started in 1998, when on the invitation of

Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath (born on 5 June 1972 as Ajay Singh Bisht),

, the then Mahant of Gorakhnath Math. He became his election convenor of

, when Yogi was contesting as BJP MP candidate from

for first-time. He was elected as an MLA from

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

in 14th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2002) from ticket of

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. He defeated

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candidate Pramod Kumar Tekriwal by a margin of 18,448 (18.67℅) votes. Before 2007 elections, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. In 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2007) elections, he again contested from

and elected MLA by defeating Bhanu Prakash Mishra (

) by a margin of 22,392 (24.66℅) votes. In his 3rd Vidhan Sabha election (2012) he won by margin of 48,000 and in fourth election 2017 he again increased his margin to 62,000. He's no to establish an alternative political model in Indian politics as he is known for his simplicity and honesty. A person with self driving his vehicle never carrying a security guard in his political life. In year 2022, BJP high command decided to have Yogi Adityanath as MLA candidate for Gorakhpur. BJP national president Mr. JP Nadda requested he vacate the seat, which he gladly accepted and complained whole election heartily to ensure his victory. BJP high command decided his name as BJP candidate of Rajya Sabha election on 31 May 2022 which he won unopposed.

References

5. On 2 August 2022 During the discussion on the issue of inflation in the House, BJP Rajya Sabha member Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal said that the world is falling to Modinomics today, See the Video link here .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ejiv3iUk6k {{DEFAULTSORT:Agarwal, Radha Mohan Das 1964 births Living people People from Gorakhpur Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Hindu Mahasabha politicians Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2002–2007 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2007–2012 Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2012–2017