Shyam Dhani is an Indian politician and a member of

17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh The Seventeenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (Seventeenth Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh) was constituted on 19 March 2017 as a result of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The L ...

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. He represents the Kapilvastu (Assembly constituency) constituency in Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh 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 ...

Early life and education

Dhani was born 3 July 1952 in Dhauri Kuiya village of Siddharthnagar district in

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 ...

to father Ram Nath. He is unmarried till now. He belongs to

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( Pasi) community. He is a Graduate from Budh Vidyapeeth Mahavidyalaya Naugarh

Siddharthnagar Siddharthnagar also known as Naugarh is a city and the district headquarters of Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is one of the five Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Siddharthnagar district, though the constituency has been renamed to Ka ...

(

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University DDU Gorakhpur University (simply known as University of Gorakhpur) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The University of Gorakhpur is a teaching and residential-cum-affiliating University. It is about . from the downtown to the east and al ...

Political career

Dhani started his political career in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he was elected MLA from Kapilvastu (Assembly constituency) as a member of

. He defeated

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 ...

candidate Vijay Kumar by a margin of 38,154 votes.

Posts held

References

Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Living people People from Siddharthnagar district 1952 births {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub