Vikramjeet Maurya ( – 15 December 2022) was an Indian politician who was a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Phaphamau, Uttar Pradesh of

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. He represented the Phaphamau constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the

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(BJP). Vikramjeet first won the Assembly election in 1989 on the

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ticket from Pratappur and in 1996 won as

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candidate from Nawabganj Vidhan Sabha (a major part of which now forms Phaphamau). Later, in 1997, he joined the newly formed Loktantrik Congress Party, which was headed by

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, and became a minister of state for Energy and Excise in the BJP-led government. Vikramjeet submitted his resignation in 2001 after Agarwal fell out with the then Chief Minister

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. Subsequently, Maurya joined the

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with

. In 2002, he contested Vidhan Sabha as Samajwadi Party candidate from Nawabganj (Now Phaphamau) but was defeated by Ansar Ahmad. Vikramjeet stood third after

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candidate Tulsiram Yadav who was defeated by Ansar Ahmad with very small margin of 2500 votes. Vikramjeet joined the BJP in 2016 and became a BJP Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Phaphamau in 2017.

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Vikramjeet was a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of

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. From 2017, he represented the Phaphamau constituency and was a member of the BJP.

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1950s births Year of birth missing 2022 deaths Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Politicians from Prayagraj People from Prayagraj district Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 Janata Dal politicians Samajwadi Party politicians Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress politicians {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub

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