Rakeshdhar Tripathi or Rakesh Dhar Tripathi (born 25 June 1950) is an Indian Politician who is currently a member of
Apna Dal(S).
He was four times
Member of Legislative Assembly in the state of
Uttar Pradesh representing
Handia constituency and two times minister in the
Government of Uttar Pradesh.
He was notably a Cabinet Minister for Higher Education from 2007 to 2011 in the
15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
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 ...
.
In December 2023, he was convicted under the
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for having assets disproportionate to his known source of income by a special MP/MLA court
Prayagraj.
Positions held
References
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1950 births
Living people
Uttar Pradesh Legislature
Apna Dal (Sonelal) politicians