Brajesh Pathak

Brajesh Pathak (born 25 June 1964) is an Indian politician and Member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh, Currently he is serving as the Cabinet Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in the Uttar Pradesh Government. He is also an Ex Member of Parliament of Unnao (Lok Sabha constituency) from 2004 to 2009.

Brajesh Pathak
Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service in
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Preceded bySuresh Kumar Khanna
MLA in 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
Assumed office
March 2017
Preceded byRavidas Mehrotra
ConstituencyLucknow Central
Minister of Law & Justice, Additional energy resources and Political pention in
Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
March 2017 – August 2019
Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath
Succeeded byNand Gopal Gupta
Member of Parliament
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byDeepak Kumar
Succeeded byAnnu Tandon
ConstituencyUnnao
Personal details
Born (1964-06-25) 25 June 1964
Mallawan, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political partyBahujan Samaj Party (2004-2016)
Bharatiya Janata Party (2016-present)
Spouse(s)Namrata Pathak
Children3
WebsiteOfficial website
As of 17 September, 2019
Source:

Early life and education

Pathak was born on 25 June 1964 to Suresh Pathak in Mallawan, Hardoi district, Uttar Pradesh. He is an Advocate by profession. He received a degree of Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from University of Lucknow.[1]

Political career

In 2004, Pathak was asked to work for the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and became the Member of Parliament. In the next few years he was entrusted with the responsibility of organising the party's activities for the entirety of Uttar Pradesh.

he joined Bhartiya Janta Party in presence of its national president Amit Shah and Union minister Mahesh Sharma in Lucknow. In 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh (2017) elections, he elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Lucknow Central (Assembly constituency) of Lucknow district in Uttar Pradesh. He defeated his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Ravidas Mehrotra by a margin of 5,094 votes.[2] After winning this high-profile seat, he appointed as Cabinet Minister of Law & Justice, Additional energy resources and Political pention in Government of Uttar Pradesh.[3]

On 21 August 2019, after the first cabinet expansion of Yogi Adityanath his ministry department changed as Minister of Legislative, Justice, Rural Engineering service.[4]

Personal life

On August 5, 2020, he got infected with COVID-19.[5]

References
  1. "Member profile". Official website of Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  3. "Yogi Adityanath Cabinet 2017: Full list of ministers and their portfolios in Uttar Pradesh". The Financial Express. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  4. Qazi Faraz Ahmad (21 August 2019). "In First Cabinet Expansion, UP CM Yogi Adityanath Inducts 18 Ministers, Promotes 5". News18. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. "UP cabinet minister Brajesh Pathak tests positive for COVID-19". New Indian Express. 5 August 2020.
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