Anupriya Patel (born 28 April 1981) is an Indian politician from the state 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 195 ...

belonging to the

Apna Dal (Sonelal) Apna Dal (Sonelal) is an Indian political party active in the Uttar Pradesh. The party finds its support base mainly in the Kurmi community in the region of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. History The Apna Dal (Sonelal) is a breakaway party of Apn ...

party currently serving as the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India since 7 July 2021. She represents

Mirzapur Mirzapur () is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, 827 km from Delhi and 733 km from Kolkata, almost 91 km from Prayagraj (formally known as Allahabad) and 61 km from Varanasi. It is known for its carpets and brassware industries, and the folk ...

in Lok Sabha since 2014. She was the Minister of State in the

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, Government of India, from 2016 to 2019. She was elected to the

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, the

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of the

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from the constituency of

in the

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, and again in 2019. She was previously elected as a

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for the Rohaniya constituency of the Legislature of Uttar Pradesh in

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, where she had fought a campaign in alliance with the

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and

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in the

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Life

Anupriya Patel is the daughter of Sone Lal Patel, who founded the

political party that is based in

. She was educated at

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and

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Aerial view of Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Campus Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state ...

, formerly Kanpur University. She has a master's degrees in Psychology and also Masters in Business Administration (MBA), and has taught at Amity.

Career

Patel has been president of Apna Dal since the death of her father in October 2009. In 2012, she was elected as the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, for the Rohaniya constituency in

. In the 2014 general election, Patel's party campaigned in alliance with the

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, led by

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. She was elected as

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from Mirzapur constituency. After the election, there were rumours that the two parties would merge but Patel rejected overtures intended to result in that.

Family

Krishna Patel

Krishna Patel Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

is the mother of union minister and Apna Dal (S) president Anupriya Patel. Krishna Patel became the party president of Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) after Dr. Sone Lal Patel, founder of

Apna Dal Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) is an Indian political party active in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Founded by Dr. Sonelal Patel Founding Apna Dal was founded on 4 November 1995 by Sone Lal Patel. Sonelal Patel had been a close associate of dalit leader ...

, died. Krishna Patel contested unsuccessfully from Pratapgarh Sadar assembly constituency

, seat for the 2022 election as Samajwadi Party alliance candidate.

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