Harish Dwivedi (born 22 October 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of

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and

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from the Basti as a member of

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. He is currently the National Secretary of

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Early life and education

Dwivedi was born 22 October 1971 in the Teliyajot village in

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to his father Sadhu Sharan Dubey and mother Yashoda Devi. In 2006, he married Vineeta Dwivedi, they have one son and one daughter. He belongs to Brahmin family. In 1998, he attended Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University and attained

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degree.

Political career

Dwivedi was

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from two strength terms. He started his political career in 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2012) elections from Basti Sadar (Assembly constituency), but he lost to Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Jitendra Kumar and stood third with 32,121 votes. In

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( 2014 Indian general election), he got

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ticket by

from Basti (Lak Sabha constituency) and he was elected for the first time as

. He defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Brij Kishor Singh "Dimpal" by a margin of 33,562 (3.20℅) votes. In

(

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), he again was elected Member of Parliament second time continuously from Basti (Lok Sabha constituency). He defeated Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ram Prasad Chaudhary by a margin of 30,354 (2.88℅) votes.

Posts held

* (2014-2019)- Member,

. **(2014-Incumbent)- Member, Standing Committee on Energy. **(2014-2019)- Member, Consultative Committee,

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. **(2016-2018)- Member, Standing Committee on Information Technology. **(2018-2019)- Member, Standing Committee on Finance. * (2019-Incumbent)- Member,

(2nd term). ** Member, Committee on Petitions. ** Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.

References

1973 births Living people People from Basti district Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh India MPs 2014–2019 India MPs 2019–present {{UttarPradesh-BJP-politician-stub