Vimlesh Paswan is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of

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 ...

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. He represents the Bansgaon constituency 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 ...

Political career

Paswan has been a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of

. Since 2017, he has represented the Bansgaon constituency and is a member of the BJP. He defeated

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

candidate Dharmendra Kumar by a margin of 22,873 votes.

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Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh People from Gorakhpur district Living people Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2017–2022 1980 births Uttar Pradesh MLAs 2022–2027 {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub

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